Chapter 27 – The Fifth Floor (1/2)

Stealth merely allowed the players to become transparent so that when others looked in that direction, they wouldn’t be able to see anyone there. However, the rogue’s body was still there. That was why experts like Fatty and TheFugitive were able to spot where others were hiding based on their own experience.

When TheFugitive confirmed the other person’s location, he thrust his dagger forward. It was a simple, clean, and direct hit.

“Ahhh!” A person appeared with a short scream. The player had a frantic look on his face as he relentlessly chugged down a potion.

“Boss, we were attacked. They’re still here! That player’s called TheFugitive.”

Those were the only words Cloud Dragon Sailing heard before another scream, followed by utter silence.

“Stealthnight? Stealthnight? Cloud Dragon Stealthnight?” Cloud Dragon Sailing called out in the voice chat call. After a long while, he heard Cloud Dragon Stealthnight’s dejected voice.

“Boss, we’re both dead. That TheFugitive guy was insane. He noticed us even though we were stealthed, and a single attack took away more than half my health.”

“TheFugitive? TheFugitive that’s in second place on the leaderboard?” Cloud Dragon Sailing asked.

“That’s him. Boss, be careful. He’s too strong. We were killed before we even realized what was going on.”

“What about the fatass?

“We didn’t see him. TheFugitive was the only one who attacked us.”

Cloud Dragon Sailing closed off the call, then revealed a menacing expression.

Wind God’s World frowned as he asked, “What happened?”

“The guy with Money Grubber is TheFugitive, the guy currently in second place on the leaderboards. My two subordinates were killed by him,” Cloud Dragon Sailing said hatefully.

“What? TheFugitive?” Wind God’s World frowned. “I know him. He’s a player from Azure Dragon City. He was an expert in another game before, but he offended Fierce Dragon TheTalent, the leader of the Fierce Dragon Gang, moments after starting this one. He someone survived several hundred people chasing after him. I can’t believe that he transferred over to Black Tortoise City so soon, and even ended up with Money Grubber.”

“I don’t care who he’s with. I WILL kill him until he’s back to Level 0 for daring to steal my monster,” Cloud Dragon Sailing had a deadly look on his face, which sent chill down people’s spines.

“Alright, since you want to kill him, then I’ll help you just for our cooperation,” Wind God’s World nodded.

“Okay. I won’t let you do it for free,” Cloud Dragon Sailing waved his hand. “Rogues, stealth in and lure the monsters away. Knights, stay on the front line. Priests… Oh, no priests? Never mind, Warriors, follow the knights. Archers and mages stay in the back row. Now, go.”

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TheFugitive felt very good about himself after killing two people in a row. He stepped on a corpse, then took out a piece of cloth from somewhere to wipe his dagger. Then, he put it beside his mouth and blew on it, before patting his hair in satisfaction.

“What’s going on?” The moment Fatty returned from the fifth floor, he chugged down a potion, then saw TheFutigive’s slightly red name, who seemed to be immersed in his own universe, while putting on a pose that really made people want to punch him.

“Huh?” TheFugitive was shocked. He looked at Fatty, then at the two people he was stepping on. I don’t know them.

“Wow, you were rather quick,” Fatty walked over and patted TheFugitive’s shoulder.

“W-When did you go in there?” TheFugitive stuttered.

“Right after I used stealth. Sorry about making you stand guard for me here. Thanks,” Fatty answered.

“No, no! I wasn’t standing guard for you! How could you… We agreed!” TheFugitive was getting rather lost in this conversation.

“We agreed? What did we agree on?” Fatty asked innocently.

“You bastard! Didn’t we agree to duel?” TheFugitive suddenly roared.

“When did I say that I would duel you?” Fatty looked at TheFugitive speechlessly, then suddenly said. “Stealth up, the Cloud Dragon Gang’s here.”

Two Cloud Dragon Gang players snuck down to the fourth floor cloaked in stealth. Then, they revealed themselves when they got to a distance away from the entrance and drawn the attention of the monsters at the entrance. However, not everyone was as capable as Fatty and TheFugitive. The two Cloud Dragon Gang rogues disappeared with two short screams mere moments after they caught the monsters’ attention.

The Cloud Dragon Gang’s other players all entered the floor using the time the rogues had bought for them. The knights and warriors stood in the front, while the archers and mages stood in the back. All of their rogues have already been killed, while they still did not have a priest with their first class enhancement already.

“Stealth?” Cloud Dragon Sailing laughed coldly when he saw that there were no signs of any players on the fourth floor. “Mages, get ready. Attack anywhere with your spells. After that, immediately retreat to the third floor. We have to force those two bastards out.”

Cloud Dragon Sailing naturally decided to use the strategy that Fatty and TheFugitive used.

After a brief silence, the dozen or so mages all begun to mutter and cast spells. Fireballs, ice arrows, wind blades, and stone spikes seemed to rain down upon the entire area.

Shrieeeeek.

The Skeletal Knights and Skeletal Archers immediately locked their attention to the players near the entrance when they attacked. However, all of the mages retreated to the third floor after casting their spells, then returned to the fourth floor, allowing them to refresh their aggro on the monsters. Thus, the monsters did not attack them, and merely wandered around.

“Not here? How’s that possible?” Cloud Dragon Sailing frowned.

“Could they have left using recall scrolls?” Wind God’s World asked.

Cloud Dragon Sailing immediately understood he had overlooked that possibility, thus, he quickly sent a message to his subordinates.

“Stealthnight, where are you guys? Still in town? Good, stay there. Keep your eyes on the teleportation portal. Don’t let them sneak back in after using recall scrolls.”

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