Free Web NovelChapter 62: Chapter62-Assassins Strike
At this moment, all the major guilds began to move.
Inside Overlord Guild.
Guild Master Dawn personally convened a meeting and summoned all core members.
"I don’t care what personal grudges any of you had with that Outlander before. This time, our priority is to secure qualification for the Origin Stone vein contest.
"This is the opportunity for our guild to rise. No mistakes will be tolerated!"
"Yes, sir!"
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It was not only Overlord Guild. The other top guilds did not dare fall behind either.
Some contacted the official forces of the main cities, attempting to become candidate participants.
Some searched for Hidden Quests, hoping to obtain NPC recommendations through them.
Others set their sights on the young prodigies of other cities, preparing to gather intelligence in advance.
Everyone knew that the Origin Stone vein contest would become the first major storm after the main city stage began.
And the name Outlander had already stepped into the center of that storm ahead of everyone else.
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Meanwhile, on the outskirts of Axis City.
Explosions rang out one after another from several monster nests.
As the last remnants of magical energy slowly faded, John’s figure gradually appeared at the edge of a scorched black valley.
He slowly sheathed Space Sever.
Along the way, he had already cleared several monster gathering points above B-Rank in succession.
He had swept through everything in his path.
Not a single monster had been able to withstand even one of his moves.
Under such rapid slaughter, the kill count for his Second Class Advancement prerequisite quest had also reached ninety-nine percent.
John opened the quest panel.
[Second Class Advancement Prerequisite Quest]
[Quest Objective]: Kill a total of 1,000 B-Rank monsters.
[Quest Reward]: Second Class Advancement qualification
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"Only four left."
After this round of monster farming, although he had not encountered any monsters of particularly high level, there had at least been enough of them. In total, John had accumulated more than 1,500 free Attribute Points.
After clearing this nest, John did not rush to search for more monsters.
Instead, he stood where he was and swept his gaze toward the distance.
There was a hidden patch of shrubs there, seemingly without any movement.
But John’s gaze remained firmly locked onto that area.
In truth, ever since he had left the second monster nest, he had already sensed that someone was secretly following him.
There were six people hidden in that patch of shrubs.
Their auras were concealed very well, and their movement route was extremely professional.
Throughout the journey, they had almost made no sound at all.
However, under True Sight, his spiritual perception, and the concealment Law he had just comprehended, the traces of these six people had completely failed to escape John’s observation.
What John found troublesome, however, was that none of these six people were low-level.
According to his judgment, every single one of them was at least above Lv.200.
John immediately came to a conclusion.
These people were definitely not ordinary assassins.
Even knowing that he was connected to the Witch Council, they still dared to follow him.
That proved that these people must possess some kind of special trump card.
Facing enemies like this, John did not grow careless.
First, he opened his attribute panel and chose to add all the free Attribute Points he had accumulated into Constitution.
[1,539 free Attribute Points consumed. Constitution has increased to...]
As his attributes rose, his HP instantly increased by more than 15,000 points.
John opened his current status panel.
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[John]
[Talents]: Heart of the Fire God (SSS-Rank), Heart of Water (S-Rank)
[Skills]: Detection Spell (Basic Skill), Summon Undead (A-Rank), Ironblood Regeneration (A-Rank), Boulder Fury (A-Rank), Absolute Dominion (S-Rank, growth-type), Mana Reflux (S-Rank), Wrath of Flames (SSS-Rank, enhanced by Heart of the Fire God), Inferno Ray (SSS-Rank), Titan Fist (C-Rank)
[Equipment]: Lord’s Battle Garb (S-Rank), Greedbound Flameserpent Ring (SSS-Rank), Flameserpent Ring (A-Rank), Soulrender (A-Rank), Mist Mask (A-Rank), Blood Cult Robe (A-Rank), God Mask (God-Rank), Goddess of Space Authority Fragment
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This panel could absolutely be described as luxurious.
Although he was only Lv.30, his stats were already comparable to those of powerhouses over Lv.100.
Attributes were important.
Trump cards were also important.
When facing enemies who had clearly come prepared, being cautious was never wrong.
After allocating his points, John did not choose to flee.
Because fleeing was meaningless.
Since these people had already set their sights on him, running away would only let him hide for a moment, not forever.
Rather than allowing them to continue hiding in the shadows and following him, it was better to deliberately choose a suitable place to strike and deal with them all.
With that thought, John turned his body, deliberately slowed his pace, and walked toward a remote mountain ravine.
Within his perception, the six assassins indeed followed his movements.
The ravine was secluded, with narrow visibility, and there were no other players or NPCs nearby.
It was perfect for an ambush.
Before long, John walked into the depths of the ravine.
The next moment, his figure blurred.
His entire body vanished from the perception of the six assassins.
After all, this was not an ordinary stealth skill.
It was the concealment Law he had just comprehended inside the Corridor of the Old Gods.
The moment Anti-Law: Traceless activated, John’s aura, skill fluctuations, and class traces were almost simultaneously suppressed to an extremely low level. freewebnovel.cσ๓
The six assassins following behind him instantly lost their target.
Before they could react, John had already appeared behind one of them.
Swish!
Space Sever swept past without a sound, and pale-blue sword wind surged up like a storm.
[-76,084!]
[-78,984!]
[-75,699!]
The sword wind continued to tear through them.
Before that assassin could react, his HP was instantly emptied.
Thud!
The assassin’s head had only just hit the ground when the second assassin’s HP bottomed out as well.
The sword wind continued sweeping through the ravine, killing three assassins in succession.
The heads of three assassins above Lv.200 hit the ground almost at the same time.
They did not even manage to trigger a complete alarm.
A notification popped up before John’s eyes.
[You have killed a Lv.200 enemy assassin. EXP +20,000, gold coin +200!]
[You have killed...]
[Second Class Advancement prerequisite quest progress has increased. Current Progress: 999/1000.]
Seeing this notification, a trace of surprise appeared in John’s eyes.
He had not expected that the Second Class Advancement prerequisite quest was not limited to ordinary monsters.
As long as the target was B-Rank or above—or an enemy unit judged by the system to meet the conditions—it would count toward the kill progress.
After killing the three assassins before him in succession, he only needed one final kill to complete the Class Advancement Quest.
His gaze fell upon the remaining three assassins, his eyes turning icy.
"You’ll do."
