I in the next instant blood spattered as
the knife struck down cleaving through
flesh with such force that it split the
body in two
the blade wedged into the rib cage the
red player was momentarily stunned
drenched in warm blood unable to move
the blue player he had attacked twitched
slightly confusion and fear evident in
their eyes another blue player seizing
the moment of the red player's
distraction transformed into a
half-human half canine figure and bit
down on the opponent's neck however
lacking sufficient strength the bite
failed to breach the defense and the now
alert red player shoved him away swiftly
retaliating with his knife the disparity
in power was immediately apparent the
red player dispatched the blue player in
a single strike panting as he held the
bloodied weapon a tea that moment only
two red players remained in the garden
one of whom stared in shock at the scene
unfolding I in the blink of an eye two
blue players had been eliminated by a
single individual the events transpired
so swiftly that none had even summoned
their pets one minute later the bodies
of the two blue players vanished one
after the other gu Tintin's pupils
constricted at the site hesitating to
act she never anticipated that even upon
being killed players would remain for a
full minute before being ejected this
meant that the slain players truly
experienced death in its entirety even
if the sensation of pain was reduced by
50% it did not diminish the terror
within it was utterly horrifying
standing nearby gonion witnessed her
kind engaged in brutal combat even with
a heart tempered by experience having
witnessed many acts of violence such a
shock was unprecedented the remaining
red player a young girl appeared
terrified instinctively retreating a few
steps while stammering Praises you do
you're amazing the red player glanced up
his eyes still filled with Fierce
determination upon recognizing her as an
ally he relaxed slightly smiling I'm a
player on the leaderboard though I'm
only ranked 995 I'm not someone you can
easily defeat the girl beamed that's
fantastic Big Shot can I join you the
man nodded his lips moving as if to
speak but his expression changed
abruptly as he dove in another Direction
an arrow whistled through the air the
man sensing danger instinctively dodged
neglecting the girl the arrow aimed
directly at her struck true in her
forehead the girl still smiling
collapsed without another word the man
spared her not a glance swiftly seeking
a concealed position the attack had not
come from gonion but rather from another
blue player l lurking in the shadows who
recognizing the opportunity had targeted
an easy prey after securing a kill he
quickly withdrew avoiding unnecessary
conflict guon tion observed everything
with Clarity originally part of the Red
Faction she found herself randomly
assigned to the blue side in this
simulated Battlefield it was quite an
adjustment the system South minations
could drive one mad just as she prepared
to eliminate the weary Red Man a
semi-transparent ranking appeared to her
right Des play were the names of the top
five players in the battlefield each in
different colors accompanied by their
respective kill counts when her gaze
landed on the name at the top of the
list guinan's heart raced there it was
Jang Jun what a coincidence his name was
in red no longer able to afford the
luxury of time to kill the Red Man gonon
quietly ascended on her broom soaring
away from the scene hovering 10 m above
the ground her eyes scanned rapidly
every location was Rife with Slaughter
and she had had no time to contemplate
which side held the advantage she was
solely focused on her search when guon
tion activated her invisibility cloak
she couldn't attack upon spotting Jang
Jun a surge of old grievances welled