Second World

Chapter 704. Last Man Standing

With Red Death gone, Giant Steve was alone inside the enemyʼs formation. He was battered by Four Windsʼ axe attacks and Water Lilyʼs spells. Disco Rain had disengaged and ran forward with her clone and Violent Blizzard to where Princess Purple and Yellow Death were.

Yellow Death used Snipe and Rapid Shot. Violent Blizzard parried the Snipe and let Rapid Shot hit her, avenging orbs swirled around her.

”Shit!” Yellow Death cursed, he saw no chance of winning under the condition. He decided to flee.

”Hey! Are you leaving me here?” Princess Purple yelled. Yellow Death ignored her.

Yellow Death summoned his pet, Nimble Cat, which was only an elite-grade pet. He preferred not to show it because he was ashamed of its low grade. Everyone else in this tournament had a stronger pet. He never put much attention to pet taming. This pet was an instant pet that he got from exchanging using his limited faction point, thus its low grade. He was only using it now to hinder Disco Rain who was gunning for him.

Disco Rain easily dodge the catʼs pounce and sent it to her back with her roundhouse kick. Her clone received the cat and kept it busy. Disco Rain continued forward, the pet hardly slowed her down.

Yellow Death ran as fast as he could. As long as he survived, he could use hit and run to deal with them from afar. When he looked back to check if he had put enough distance, he was shocked to find Disco Rain behind him. He ran again and looked back, Disco Rain was getting closer.

ʼHow is this possible?ʼ He thought in alarm. Their dexterity should not be that far apart. It was true that the dexterity stat an Assassin received when leveling up was higher than a Gunner, but that difference was only one point. Not to mention Yellow Death spent a lot of his free attribute points on his dexterity, his speed should not lose to others. And yet, Disco Rain seemed to have no problem catching up.

Since he saw no chance to flee, he turned back and bet on a direct one-on-one fight. As he was about to shoot, Disco Rain turned into a shadow. The shadow zoomed past Yellow Death and multiple black slashes fell upon him. Disco Rainʼs Deadly Flash Strikes quickly diminished Yellow Deathʼs HP as well as brought her into melee range.

With Disco Rainʼs boosted speed and superiority in melee combat, Yellow Death stood no chance. Not long after, the gunner fell.

When Disco Rain returned to her team, Giant Steve and Princess Purple had also fallen.

”Hm…? Why are we not teleported out yet?” Violent Blizzard said.

”Look!” Water Lily pointed to the sky.

”Impossible!” Violent Blizzard said. ”Isnʼt that guy sunk into the sand whirlpool already? Donʼt the sand whirlpools cause instant death?”

The names of the human team on the sky had everyone greyed out except for Storm Wind.

*

Outside in the Roman Theater, Abdu and Abasi wore a smile.

”With this, our teamʼs victory is secured,” Abasi said. ”I donʼt know what trick that multi-class human used, but he was very lucky to survive that sand whirlpool. But with only him remaining, as long as our team avoids this human, he wonʼt be able to do anything.”

Abdu grunted in agreement. ”I also notice our team seems to have the ability to know if anyone approaches. Thatʼs how they have caught those four humans off-guard. You are right. As long as they play it smart, victory is ours!”

*

”What should we do?” Water Lily turned to Four Winds. ”He is alone now. With the others on his team dead, we are sure to win as long as we avoid him. There is no need to fight him, just as how those native orc nobles instructed us to.”

Disco Rain added, ”With my ability to scout our surroundings, I can keep track if he comes near. We can move accordingly to avoid him.”

”Thatʼs right. From his match with the dwarf team, he has already proven that he can find people who are hiding. He probably has the same ability as you, Rain,” Water Lily said. ”But if we keep moving away from him. We should be able to stay ahead of him. Worse come to worse, we can just split and go to four corners of the map. He wonʼt have enough time to hunt all four of us in the remaining time.”

Four Winds was silent. Violent Blizzard, who used to be the most vocal, chose to be silent regarding this issue. Under normal circumstances, she would be the first to object to such a cowardly action. But she had personally experienced fighting Jack just now, she knew that Jack had not yet gone all out in the previous battle. That manʼs power defied common sense. She couldnʼt bring herself to agree with this evasive tactic, but she wonʼt express any objection as well if Four Winds agreed to such a decision.

After a long while, Four Winds uttered, ”How did we get from an unknown guild to one that is feared by the other top guilds? How did we establish ourselves to be the equal of those same guilds? Did we cower? Did we flee when our opponents are clearly superior to us? Tell me!”

Hearing Four Windsʼ words, the three lowered their heads. They felt ashamed of themselves. But it only lasted a moment, their expressions soon hardened.

After seeing the changes, Four Winds nodded. ”Letʼs go back to the oasis and wait for him there.”

”I thought we donʼt want the enemy to know about the oasis?” Water Lily asked.

”He is the last man standing. Even though he is powerful, we should be able to take control of the battlefield with our number,” Four Winds answered.

”What if he canʼt find us?” Water Lily asked again.

”Then itʼs his fate to lose. It has nothing to do with us,” Four Winds replied.

The four then headed back to the oasis. They drank the water again, refilling their HP as well as resetting their skills. The buffsʼ duration was also refreshed. Afterward, Disco Rain sat cross-legged and started surveying her surroundings.

After some time, she found Jack who was sitting cross-legged as well. Jackʼs eyes opened when she saw him. Jack then stood up and ran at high speed in their direction.

Disco Rain opened her eyes. ”He is coming,” she said.

*

Jack had seen his comradesʼ names getting greyed out in the sky. He knew he was the only one left. He had been cursing his heart out, what he feared when he left his teammates had come true. He was worried at first that he couldnʼt find the opponents, he was very glad when he finally found them after using his incorporeal state mana sense. The four were at some kind of an oasis. The mana there was rather peculiar, he knew the place should be providing some sort of benefit.

One thing he was worried about was that the orc team would move away from this place. It took some time to find the enemies using the incorporeal state. If the enemies kept on moving, he would be in trouble.

As he marched, he thought about why Red Death and the others got wiped out without taking down even one enemy? The enemies had the same number as Red Deathʼs team and even without a healer. In theory, Red Deathʼs team should be in a better situation. Red Death herself was not a normal expert. Even if the enemies proved stronger, they should at least take down one more opponent with them.

With this thought, he was even sure he couldnʼt underestimate this orc team. He would go all out right from the start this time.

The oasis was in sight now. His opponents were seen waiting for them a distance away from the oasis.

”Good! They are still there,” Jack exclaimed. Then he saw their ready pose. ”They are expecting me? They know Iʼm coming?”

”It appears so,” Peniel replied. She was flying beside Jack.

”All right! Letʼs end this!” Jack uttered as he summoned Therras. The majestic beast appeared beside Jack. Jack immediately used Combination Assault. His body and Therras became one as they zoomed forward to the center of the four orcs.

The four split to avoid the attack. When the Combination Assault ended, Jack jumped to the right while Therras went to the left. Jack called his Wolf Pack as well as used Beast Form and Gold Scale Armor in the middle of his jump. Therras ran towards Disco Rain while the wolf pack pounced at Water Lily.

Water Lily cast Flame Shield for protection as well as hurting any wolves that came near. She also used her staff to knock and throw any wolf that approached. Her performance showed that she was very good with martial art using a long staff.

Disco Rain used her Deadly Flash Strikes. Multiple dark slashes wounded Therras, but since Therras had very high HP, it was not a problem. When the Deadly Flash Strikes ended, Disco Rain became two persons using Combat Clone. The two assassins utilized their speed to pin Therras at the center.

Therras used Imperious Pressure. A gravity field radiated out. When Disco Rain felt her weight multiply, she used Vanish. She appeared outside the gravity field and was invisible. She let her clone fight Therras inside the gravity field while she headed elsewhere.

Jack landed close to four Winds and Violent Blizzard. He started clashing with them using his claws. Four Winds activated Berserk while Violent Blizzard used Thorn Vest.

Four Winds two axes turned to starlights as he unleashed uncountable slashes. Violent Blizzard used wide and strong strikes harnessing her great strength.

As Jackʼs claws clashed with them, he was puzzled. The two were even stronger and faster than before. He thought he would be able to easily overcome them with his Beast Form, but it turned out it was not so.

Suddenly, he felt danger coming from behind. He used Whirlwind Slash, forcing back Four Winds, Violent Blizzard, and his backstabber who turned out to be Disco Rain.

At that time, an ice block formed above him.

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