Chapter 31 (2/2)

At the same time, a Thief who had been sixty yards away from him faded from view.

“Got him!” He said into the party channel.

“Kill him! Kill him until he wouldn’t even dare to leave Tajit Village!” Xu Hong’s eyes flashed with viciousness, able to see Nie Fan through livestream despite being at Moxxi.

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He absolutely hated Nie Fan ever since he had been utterly humiliated by him at the school’s basketball court, and that grudge deepened when he came online yesterday and found that Lin Xinyan had left their party.

He could not even lift his head in front of the woman he loved, and it was all because of Nie Fan. There was no way he wouldn’t repay that grudge!

Be that as it may, he wouldn’t waste time hunting Nie Fan since he was at Moxxi, but resorted to the simpler measure of spending some dime and having other players affiliated with gaming studios to do the deed. There were around half a dozen studios making base at Kelfied, and amongst them Wandering Souls had the most Thief players who specialized in assassination quests, even accepting requests at a fair price too.

After confirming their employer’s mark, three Thieves cast their Cloak and started to flank Nie Fan’s position.

Meanwhile, Nie Fan was checking his map with his eyes focusing on a position labeled at the center. It was the ruin of a castle and the spawn point of Soul Eaters, which was also heavily populated with monsters that were at least above Level 25. After pulling the data, he started doing his homework to be prepared just in case.

However, he felt that something was out of place even as he dashed across the Blood Shade Plains, but he found nothing as he turned to look at the nearby bushes.

‘Could I be mistaken?’

Nie Fan frowned, and in spite of what he thought, he acted prudently.

Better safe than sorry!

Cheetahmorph!

As his body rapidly turned into a cheetah’s, Nie Fan also cast Lurk and slowly faded into the vast backdrop of the grasslands.

The three Cloaked Thieves were dumbfounded. Were they exposed? No way!

His Cheetahmorph had already caught them by surprise, and they immediately lost him when he cast Lurk as well. In short, both sides now have no idea where the other was.

“How did you lose him? Didn’t you lot say that it’s as good as done?!” Xu Hong roared in rage when he saw what had happened through livestream.

“We were careless. We didn’t know that the kid had learned something as good as Cheetahmorph with his poor equipment.” The leading Thief apologized. In the end, Xu Hong was their employee—and if they failed their mission, not only would they not get paid, their studio’s reputation would be harmed.

“I don’t care. We made a deal and I even paid the deposit! Whatever happens, I want to see Dark Night’s corpse!” Xu Hong insisted stubbornly.

“Relax, he won’t escape us! His destination must be around the eastern side—brothers, search along that trail!” The Thief growled.

He would never believe that three Level 22 players such as them couldn’t handle a Druid with those rag for equipment!