In front of Myles stood 5 figures covered in black robes. No part of their bodies was visible with the exception being their eyes.
Each one of them was wielding a weapon in their right hand. Some had guns while others had melee weapons.
"They are probably the thieves. I need to inform the others" Myles thought to himself as he reached out for the device given by Kevin.
Just as he was about to take out the device from his waist, a banging sound resounded through his ears alongside the sound of a notification flashing in his retina.
A few seconds later, he felt piercing pain in his left hand rendering it immobile.
"Aha!" Myles let out a weak scream of agony.
Blood was coming out from his hand like water coming out from a broken dam. Notification also flashed on his retina
(You have been shot in your left hand)
(You have lost 15 HP
Current Available HP: 34)
(Your left hand will be completely immobilized for the next 15 seconds.)
Myles particularly ignored all the notifications flashing in his retina apart from the last hand.
He briefly paid attention to it before he diverted his attention towards his hand.
He couldn't even move his hand no matter how much he even tried. What was worse was that he couldn't even feel his hand! It was like it didn't even exist in the first place!!
As he was thinking what to do, he heard the sound of footsteps which were getting louder with each passing second!!
He turned his attention towards the source of the sound. He saw two men charging towards him at an incredible speed.
One of them wielded a sword while another wielded a gauntlet which seemed to have given him access to sharp claws like that of a beast. It was clear that he was a Mechanical Fighter.
However, he wasn't too scared of them. He was scared of those behind him! The other guys had guns that were pointed toward him!
Noticing his dilemma, the guy with a sword said.
"You won't make it out of here alive to inform the other" The thieves chuckled.
If it were for the fact that his face was hidden, Myles would have probably seen them grinning. Nonetheless, Myles shook his head and ignored their taunts.
"I need to keep moving to survive." Myles made a realization.
He quickly took out his sword from his waist and he checked the charge of the boots using the system.
(Current charge: 93 percent)
"It has plenty of juice left. Let's activate the skill" Myles thought to himself as he quickly began to channel mana into his boots.
Just a few seconds later, a notification flashed in his retina informing him of his success.
(The skill attached to Hunter's boots, super charge has been successfully activated)
(Your speed stat has increased by 5 times for the next 10 minutes)
Upon the activation of the skill, he didn't stay still. He felt power beneath his feet.
Hence, he started to run around at an incredible speed.
He moved so fast in fact, that the people charging towards him couldn't even be kept up with him, causing them to halt their steps.
Even though those who wielded melee weapons couldn't hit him. The same couldn't be said for the gunners.
Since the speed he was moving didn't make him invisible or anything like that. At most, it made him very difficult to track down.
However, if the gunners open fired at very high Fov, then the chances of a single landing were very high!!
So what did they decide to do?
"Open fire at him!!" The person with a sword commanded.
The gunners obeyed his commands and opened fire at will. A rain of bullets descended upon Myles. Seeing this, he gritted his teeth.
"I just need to hold on for the next 6 seconds before I regain control of my arms.
Afterwards, I will start my counterattack" Myles thought to himself.
9 seconds had passed since he was shot. So he just needed to wait for 6 seconds before regaining control of his arm.
So he kept dodging as many bullets as he could. However, some bullet did manage to gaze past his skin, slowly but surely accumulating wounds on his body.
He was slowly losing HP but it wasn't enough to convince him that he needed to drink a potion.
However, it wasn't long before he regained his sense of his left hand. 6 seconds had finally passed, causing him to regain his senses.
"Finally!" Myles exclaimed.
The first thing he did after regaining control of his left hand was take out the device from his pocket.
He didn't waste any time after taking it out and pointed it toward the sky. The thieves wanted to stop him from doing whatever he wanted by trying to shoot down the gun.
However, they failed miserably. Myles pulled the lever of the device a second later, causing a long trail of red beams to slowly extend upwards.
Afterward, he diverted his attention toward the thieves.
"Time to counterattack," Myles thought to himself.
At the same time
Kevin and John were currently standing on top of the roof, looking around him. There were 4 players on top of a roof, signaling that everyone apart from Myles had returned.
"Do you think Celestial Swordkeeper has found something?" John asked.
"The chances are high, or else he would have returned by now," Kevin replied.
As they were talking to one another, Vincent's voice resounded through the entire place.
"Everyone looks there," Kevin said pointing to the sky.
Everyone turned their attention toward the sky and spotted a trail of red beams. Upon seeing this, a serious look appeared on the faces of both Kevin and John.
"He has found the thieves. Let's hurry and provide him with assistance!!" John shouted his voice carrying seriousness.
Upon hearing this, everyone nodded their heads in approval. However just as they were about to charge towards him.
The communication device kept in Kevin's voice began to ring.
A frown formed on Kevin's forehead upon receiving the call since he wasn't supposed to receive any calls!!
He knew something was wrong or else the caption wouldn't have called. Hence he signaled the others to halt his steps.
Upon hearing this, everyone halted their steps knowing that the call of the leader was important.
"Wait, it must be the call of the caption," John remarked.
Kevin didn't say anything and chose to remain silent.
He wordlessly took out the device and received the call, putting it on speaker mode. A powerful voice spoke out
"We have been attacked by 15 thieves at the 4 km mark. We are barely holding on so hurry up and come back.
I am cutting in the call right now. I repeat, hurry up and come back!!" The capital resounded through everyone's ears, his voice carrying urgency.
Just a second later, the call was cut off, not even giving them the time to reply. From this action of the caption, it could be determined that the situation there was very bad.
When they heard the contents of the call a look of disbelief formed on everyone's forehead, especially Kevin.
It became so great that Kevin couldn't remain calm. However, knowing that losing his cool would only worsen the situation, he quickly issued some commands.
"We are going to discuss what to do. Please standby for new orders." Kevin said, signaling John to follow him.
John nodded and followed him. When they got a few meters away from them, they began to discuss their next steps.
"I hope that they don't decide to abandon Myles," Vincent thought to himself.
Vincent watched all of this from the distance while praying for the best.
John and Vincent were done talking just a minute or two later. They walked towards them, quickly issuing new commands to them
They gave them such an order that they didn't even expect in their wildest dreams.