A group of players consisting of almost 20+ players gathered in a large space on the west side of the maze. This team was lead by Lightning Empress, the Vice Leader of an Adventuring team Thunder Cats, which resides in the Phoenix Realm.
"L..Lightning Empress!, the leader...the leaderboard!"
"Gathers your wits and tell me properly."
"The Leaderboard changed! I think the other players already killed Endless."
Lightning Empress opened the Leaderboard and checked.
"How did he do it? You! Give me your fang."
One of the players approached her and handed his fang to her. She noticed just by touching another fang makes her score rise. She then threw the fang, and her score returned to its original state.
"I see... what a clever plan to confuse the players. Travel with caution! The maze is full of shadows and darkness, this type of terrains suited the assassins."
"What will we do?"
"Thunder Cats is not a big adventuring team like the others, but we are well known because of our skills, all of us are not your ordinary player, so what are you afraid of? He's a player without experience in this kind of game, and you're all afraid? Why? Because he leads the score!?, we are all pro-players! So don't let him hunt you! we are the ones who will hunt him!"
"YES VICE LEADER!"
The group of players then divided themselves into 4 groups and entered different pathways of the maze.
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Endless patiently waits for his skills to cooldown, but before he can venture around, a young man suddenly blocked his way.
"You're that kid who defeated Xeno, right?"
"So you are Endless..."
"Wait!, you know me, but I don't know you, care if I ask for your name?"
But before they can have a conversation, the kid used a stealth skill and vanished.
"So you're after my head, I don't know who you are or what your planning... but you're still too young to defe..."
Before Endless can finish what he's saying he felt the attack coming in his back, he avoided it just by ducking, and he followed it up with an overhead kick right in the jaw, he sent the kid flying in mid-air.
"See, told you, you're an assassin too, so think like one, if you fought someone with a different job as yours then you can do all that normal stuff, but if you're fighting an assassin too you need to be creative, don't be like a normal assassin who always goes for the back."
The kid then rolled and regain his footing.
"See? Now your advantage is gone, you need to think twice before attacking someone recklessly".
"Shut up..." the kid whispered.
"What? I can't hear you."
"I said, SHUT UP!"
"Why are you angry? Do I know you?"
The kid dashed and tried attacking Endless head-on, but he keeps on missing.
"Change your pattern kid, I can see your attacks clearly."
The boy then used [ Vital Stab ] straight to Endless's face, Endless avoided it, but it left a scratch on his face.
"Whoa! That one is fast."
The kid then followed it up with a roundhouse kick, but Endless just stepped backed to avoid it, after the skill motion is finished, Endless then grabbed the kid by the ankle, Endless then twist his body and swings the kid multiple times before releasing him, he sends the kid flying towards the wall.
The kid gets backed up and glared towards Endless.
"Better hide your emotions, kid. I can see your intent a mile away."
Because of anger, the kid dashed and attacked Endless mindlessly, Endless deflected the attacks and grabbed the kid by the collar and toss him again on the same wall.
"Seriously!, are you listening to me?"
"Stop joking around and fight me seriously!" The kid said.
Endless then inhaled to calm himself, after exhaling, Endless expression changed, from his usually smiling face it turned to an emotionless expression with cold dead eyes. After seeing these, the kid felt an aura that he never felt before; his knees started to shake, and then his hands that are holding the daggers began shaking. He knew for himself that what he felt is fear... fear of death.
The kid forcefully moved his legs to intercept Endless, Endless then dashed forward to face the kid. First, he used sidestep to avoid Endless's advance; after sidestepping, he then points the dagger to Endless's neck.
*Speed! I need more speed! I need an attack that he can't react to!*
Before the dagger can touch Endless's neck, he suddenly vanished.
*W...What happened!?*
He then felt someone grabbed his feet and sent him bouncing up on the wall again, after bouncing, Endless approached him and grabbed him by the neck and pound him straight to the wall, he then took the kids dagger that are flying in the air and stabbed him straight to the shoulder, one at each side, pinning the kid on the wall.
Suddenly Endless facial expression reverted to normal and smiled.
"So I can even use someone's equipment while attacking? This game is realistic."
"H...How did you do that?"
"I just used my speed and timing at the right time, I used someone's blind spot, so it will have an illusion of vanishing, but what I did is wait for you to use your side step so I can position myself to your blind spot. You know, I don't know anything about martial arts, so gotta be creative, right?"
"So, it's true."
"What? Better speak up because your HP is turning red now."
"You are unreadable."
The kids HP turned 0 as he speaks, after vanishing, Endless thought about what the kid said.
"Unreadable?... Did we fought before?"
Endless scratched his head. He then grabbed the dropped fang of the kid.
*This game has realistic features, I never thought that I can grab someone's weapon and use it in an offense, I need to discover some of the game features fast if I want to progress more.*