Chapter 12: Chapter 12 – One Down, Two Down
Editor: Exodus Tales
The three of them swaggered over to where the female Assassins were farming, and one of the followers went up and said, "Lil cutie, wanna party? These three big brothers will show you a good time."
"Screw you all!"
Following this, they started to fight.
This was how things were supposed to go, with fighting erupting suddenly. It could be seen how cowardly Su Mo had seemed, and it would seem like he could not even compare to some girls.
It was almost impossible for two Assassins to fight against a Magician, Sacrificer, and Berserker combo.
The two women were not very good either, so it was even more difficult.
At that moment, a key figure was about to take the stage. Su Mo stealthily ran back and took aim at the Sacrificer. He channelled a Charged Shot and killed the half-health Sacrificer in one hit.
Normally speaking, two Assassins and a Ranger would not necessarily be able to beat a Magician, Sacrificer, and Berserker combo.
However, things were different now. With the Sacrificer dead, Su Mo could continuously shoot with the two Assassins covering him. His second target was the Berserker, and soon, the Berserker's HP was emptied out.
"Wait, don't kill the last one," Su Mo called out.
It was fine if the Berserker died, but he could not allow Fatal Octopus to die at anyone else's hands. After all, he would feel embarrassed to drag the corpse that someone else had killed to claim his money.
The two Assassins were quite agreeable and stopped. They did not have much HP left either, and if it wasn't for Su Mo suddenly attacking, they would have already died or had to run away in shame.
"Step back a bit, I want to fight him one-on-one!" Su Mo said, sounding quite righteous.
"Brother, that was just a misunderstanding then." Fatal Octopus felt quite speechless; he had recognized Su Mo as that incredibly cowardly Ranger. Who would have thought that he was a hunter pretending to be a pig to catch a tiger. He had been waiting for an opportunity like this to act.
"Do you know each other?" The Assassin sisters hid by the side and hurriedly recovered their HP.
"There's enmity between us; just help me stop him from running away. Watch me kill my enemy today," Su Mo said as he directly shot an arrow. Many characters in movies died because they spoke too much. He had already started to record a video; he was sure that his client would be happy with this solo-killing script.
Fatal Octopus had already lost a lot of health, and with the two Assassins watching him closely, he died very quickly.
One down, two to go!
The three of them dropped three pieces of equipment; it seemed that they often killed people.
The equipment drop rate when dying in New World was connected to one's PK (Player Kill) Value. Those who often killed people would have a higher PK Value, which resulted in better quality equipment dropping. People like Fatal Octopus were essentially guaranteed to drop a piece of equipment, and he would lose even more EXP than ordinary people.
Players could reduce their PK Value by doing quests, and it also gradually reduced over time.
As for those who did not kill others, or were often killed, they could have negative PK Values, so when they died, they did not lose much EXP and rarely dropped equipment.
Su Mo took Fatal Octopus' equipment as well as the Sacrificer's equipment before 'generously' pointing at the Berserker's Green grade equipment and saying, "You guys can keep this one; after all, you helped with killing them."
The two women looked down on Su Mo's stinginess.
This guy looked quite handsome, so why was he so stingy? What a waste of such a face and such a tall and slender figure.
However, they could not say anything. After all, all three people had been killed by Su Mo, and they had just supported him.
Su Mo did not know what the women were thinking, and even if he knew, he would not care. He did not have enough money to act generously, and even if he did have money, he would not treat women preferentially just because they were women.
To many women, those who were willing to spend money on them were not necessarily good people; they could just be spendthrifts or have impure motives.
One of the equipment that Su Mo had picked up was the Magician's Level 25 Silver grade equipment, and the other was the Berserker's Level 20 Blue grade equipment. Both of them would be worth more than 20 gold coins, and just like that, Su Mo had picked up over $1,000. It was a good haul.
Adding on the fee for killing Fatal Octopus, Su Mo felt that he had quite good luck today.
After killing his target, he immediately left.
His training in real life taught Su Mo not to have wishful thinking or use the same method to deal with the same enemy, no matter how dumb or panicked they were.
"Where's that Ranger from before?" Fatal Octopus furiously asked.
"Probably ran away." The Berserker looked around but could not find him.
"He'd better hope he doesn't run into me again." Fatal Octopus was so angry that his stomach hurt, but he could do nothing about the situation. Players with high PK Values were like criminals in real life, and they had essentially no human rights. The system does not give the killer's name and was very unsympathetic:
Dear player Fatal Octopus, an unnamed hero from Hargins Town ended your Deranged life.
Wherever one's hearthstone was bound to, that was where they would respawn. Based on a player's PK Value, they would be classed as Dishonorable, Wicked, Deranged, or Unforgivable.
"He probably won't dare to come again." The Berserker stopped looking around, but he still looked somewhat worried.
Usually, it was always them bullying others, and they would rarely meet anyone who they were not a match for. They had never thought that they would kick a steel board today and would become the bullied ones.
Because of the precursor to their fight, they did not suspect Su Mo to have killed them because he had been paid to do so.
"Boss!"
The Sacrificer cut in and pointed towards the east as he shouted excitedly, "It's that Ranger, he's back!"
"Fudge, he still dares to come? Mess him up." Seeing Su Mo run at them, Fatal Octopus immediately grabbed his staff excitedly. There was only Su Mo in his eyes, and after Su Mo entered his attack range, he immediately threw out a City-Burning Inferno.
City-Burning Inferno was one of the Magicians' AOE attacks. It had a three second channel time and had an AOE of eight by eight units; it was incredibly powerful.
The instant the flames descended from the sky, Su Mo suddenly changed direction and leapt to the side, and his momentum caused his face to drag against the ground for quite a distance.
Even so, he was unable to completely avoid City-Burning Inferno, and a small portion of his HP disappeared.
The area behind Su Mo that City-Burning Inferno covered...
Double Kill!
Was covered with a massive group of spiders!
Shattered Canyon had monsters ranging from Level 23 to Level 30. Fatal Octopus and his group naturally farmed the Level 30 monsters; that way, they could maximize the amount of EXP they got.
The group of spiders that Su Mo had lured over were mostly Level 30 monsters.
Fatal Octopus and his followers could easily deal with one or two, but five would make life incredibly difficult for them. There were dozens of spiders rushing at them, and they could not resist at all before they were pushed to the ground. The last thing they saw were a group of spiders drilling into them.
Two down!
Su Mo ran off without looking back. The system had already perfectly recorded all of this, and only after he left the spiders' aggro range would he return to collect equipment.
There were three pieces of equipment, and they were all Blue grade. Even though they were not as valuable as Silver grade equipment, who would feel disappointed at free money?
After putting things in order, Su Mo chose to directly leave. First, he had killed them enough for today, and second, he was worried about Fatal Octopus taking revenge.
He had guessed correctly; less than ten minutes after he left, dozens of players riding various mounts rushed into Shattered Canyon and looked around, looking for a somewhat-handsome Ranger.
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