Chapter 103: Chapter 102: Viper Group and 15 Kings - Ghost Assassin
Carter took his daggers and then they both said in unison, "Initiate Duel..."
[Duel is initiating...]
[Limited-time event is initiating...]
[Random Duel...]
[Duel Start!]
[Silent Night: The player is forbidden to create any loud sounds at a specific time. Once a player created a sound, that person will lose and die. The players can also kill each other silently. But remember, No loud sound for 5 minutes]
'Hmmm, no sound?' Carter said as he stepped forwardly.
He didn't even hesitate and then charged forward with one step. Using weapons is a bad option so he is thinking of doing close-quarter combat with his enemy. While charging, he placed his daggers back to his belt and then focused on the opponent.
Rogue is also thinking the same thing.
He also charged forward and swung his fist into him. As their fist comes in contact, they can feel how powerful is their enemy.
Both of them thought, 'This person is strong...'
But the only thing Rogue doesn't know is that he is holding back his strength. Carter's awareness and agility are ∞ and strength is not inferior to his two main stats.
The weakness of Carter is his defense. His main stats are offensive and his defensive stats are very weak. But that weakness will only trigger if the enemies are stronger than him or the opponent is an assassin.
That is why when Theo asked what are their weaknesses and offered them to cover them by Theo, he got three celestial rank passive skills called [Perfect Adaptation], [Abrupt Block], and [Absolute Defense].
With these, even if the enemy has stronger strength than him, the enemy won't even have a chance to hit him fatally.
[Assassination Arts: Underswing]
He lowered his upper body and his right fist swung hardly, striking the enemy directly.
'He has low defense...' Carter thought as he continued making another blow. But when his another [Underswing] got near his stomach, it got blocked by the left elbow of Rogue.
Carter was surprised but he didn't lower his guard at all.
Rogue jumped and then performed a flying kick.
Carter reflexively ducked and then use this opportunity to counterattack.
Carter waited for him to go back to the ground and take this chance to make him remove his balance.
[Assassin Arts: Reverse Round Kick]
He kicked his feet, making Rogue's balance instantly broke. Rogue started to fall down and saw Carter leaped from the ground.
[Wind Blade Style: Axe Kick]
He kicked Rogue hardy on his stomach, making him vomit blood silently.
Theo who is watching noticed those familiar moves.
'Isn't that the martial arts technique of the Viper Group? Their martial arts are [Assassin Art], [Wind Blade Style], [Divine Dagger Technique], and [Moonless Night Technique]. That group specializes in close combat, dagger, and stealth techniques. Some members of that group also use the [Scoping Technique] that can accurately shot a target from many yards.
Plus, the most important thing of all--the Viper Group is one of the nine pillars of the [Phenomena]...
Based on his close combat techniques, he is more likely a member of that group...
Come to think of it--I am going to meet the members of the Viper, Lion, Eagle, and Shark groups sooner. But the people who'll only meet me are the higher-ranking members of their group. He might only be a normal member...' Theo thought to himself as he is watching them taking a blow at each other.
[Silent Night effect: 1:00]
[Silent Night effect: 0:59]
Rogue and Carter are waiting at the end of the silent-only rule for the first five minutes.
Rogue raised his hands and suddenly created magic that creates a mist. This skill is called [Mist Domain], a skill that hides the caster from the enemies. It is a skill just for assassins.
Every assassin can use this magic but only for the players who have an affinity for one of the four elements. If you have no affinity for the four basic elements, you can't learn them.
Carter is a [Phantom Assassin] with an affinity for light, dark, and demon elements. They have no affinity for the other elements unless they got a talent for those elements.
Carter is not lowering his guard. He might no be able to see him but he can sense where is he using his ∞ awareness.
Both of them didn't move and waited for the timer to finish.
[Silent Night effect: 0:03]
[Silent Night effect: 0:02]
[Silent Night Effect: 0:01]
Both of them immediately took their swords and their awareness skyrocketed.
[Silent Night effect has been lifted]
Rogue dashed immediately towards the blinded Carter with his dagger. Carter sensed it and blocked it confidently.
Their daggers strike each other creating a large sound of blade clashing.
Rogue is fast. After attacking once, he will immediately proceed to another one.
But Carter is blocking them all even if his eyes are closed. If he opened it, he might lose his focus.
Carter is reading his moves just through his awareness. Once he noticed that he is frustrated, it is the time he'll strike.
And when the time comes, he immediately used a deciding move.
[Phantom Strike]
A huge dark sword slash cuts through the body of Rogue. Dismembering his lower body from his upper body.
[Player [Rogue] has been killed!]
[Winner: [Ghost Assassin]]
[Grade: Perfect]
[Rewards will be given shortly.]
The mist suddenly dispersed as the notification ringed through the ears of the players, announcing the loss of Rogue.
Regulus gritted his teeth in frustration. He already predicted the outcome but he still can't believe that he'll lose in a single skill from him.
All people in the live stream are also surprised and confused since they can't see the battle very clearly due to the reason that Rogue used a [Mist Domain]
They are all impressed with his performance even if it is vague.
Rogue is the top assassin of the [Faragos Guild] and he is the infamous assassin that can even assassinate top rankers.
Carter is unknown to the public but rumors about him are growing. In history, a player found Carter assassinates a noble from [Elzein Kingdom] and then said the word [Flame Emperor], that is the reason why they thought that he is a member of the [Silent Guild]
Of course, Carter knows about that player but he didn't mind the rumors about him surfaced the public. The truth is always not going behind the scene after all.
Regulus immediately thought of using a tank with insane strength and defense to fight so that they might trick the other party but it is still unknown to them that Theo has a rare [Appraisal] ability which is rare to come by. Even the top guilds only have one or two, plus their [Appraisal] are far inferior to Theo's [Appraisal] due to continuous usage of the skill during the early stage of the game.
A bulky man walked forward to the field and then by the looks of that person, he is definitely a tank. The man has a shield and a mace on both of his hands but you can't really judge people just by their appearance.
[Name: Palax]
[Level: 2,000]
[Class: Demon Tank]
"He can also fight with continuous damage, [Fuurinkazan] can handle that..." I muttered as I looked at Austin.
"Yeah, if that is the case, my passive can handle it alone... Let me handle him..." Austin said excitedly.
If Theo is going to rate his power and defense out of 10, it would be 9 and 11.
Austin is a pure tank with no weakness but since sometimes, the attacks of his teammates are useless against dragons, he gave him a skill that can rival the dragons.
First, he gave him a [Silver Dragon Bloodline] he obtained through the gacha box and then gave him the skills of the [Silver Dragon] and the [Sword Dragon] to balance the defensive and offensive abilities.
The most terrifying thing of all is that his passive is a god-like ability.
That ability can probably kill even gods... That is the reason why every single king is not having a fight with him, if he did fight us, we might die by that passive.
Austin stood in the field with his battle armor on and his helmet is hiding his face. He uses a sword and a shield.
He is like a silver guardian knight that protects a kingdom with all of his might.
***
'That is the guy from before!' A woman while sitting at the very top of a mountain peak said to herself as she is watching the live stream that just started between Austin and Palax.
"This is that guy, isn't it?" The woman asked the male companion sitting next to her, looking at his stats.
"That guy?" He is confused, he has a bad memory of remembering names or faces.
"The guy that can even block a hit from the legendary [Emperor Lightning Eagle]! Remember he even tamed it!" The woman said excitedly as she stared at the man with disbelief.
"Ah, the guy that didn't do anything!" The male said as he also opened his live stream platform to see the live stream.
"To think that he is part of the famous [Silent Guild]. Do you think we can join that guild?" The woman said as she looked into the members of the [Silent Guild] from the side of the live stream.
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Hydro_Contella
Hydro_Contella Sorry for the late update! Here are my promised 20 chapters!
[Continuation of the 15 Kings Arc]--11 chapters
Sorry about the late update.
I just wanted to share the reason for the two-week break.
At first, I am just busy going back and forth in the hospital to see someone for a week but in the end, he died and we have to take care of his funeral...
Well, since everything is settled and our mental conditions recovered, we can go back to my works and update this novel once again!