A trap… iing

  A fleeting grin fshed on Liam’s face as he readied his mind for bat. At this moment a faint rustling could be heard from his back.

  Liam swiftly stepped to the side. A few leaves were cut apart as a sharp dagger barely missed his back.

  [Stance -6]

  “ry.”

  Sneering at the amateurish thief, Liam turned around, his swords appearing in his hand. The on in his offhand cut down, aiming for the attacker’s neck.

  The thief instantly felt the pressure. With no time to thihrew his body to the right. But miraculously a sword was already waiting for him.

  [-510!]

  The thief felt stifled as his HP were almost goh a siack.

  “Guys! Where are you?!”

  An angry shout left his mouth, bming his rades.

  Not far away Sharp Eagle was hiding behind a tree, his expression flicted, cursing the thief inwardly. Siheir target didn’t step into the trap, why did this idiot attayways?!

  Liam eyed the surrounding trees. He dodged the thief’s attack again. Just as he was about to end the man’s life, a rather short warrior with a rge shield jumped before his sword.

  “Didn’t expect this, hm? Mirage, it’s time to leave your life behind!”

  The warrior spoke fidently but a drop of sweat was running down his neck looking at the huge amount of stance he lost from a siack.

  “F*ck it! Attack!”

  Seeing anuild member step out, Sharp Eagle khat it was too te for a retreat. With an angry shout he ordered the attack.

  Suddenly the forest seemed to e alive as a team of ten pyers revealed themselves.

  Even Liam felt the pressure. He instantly used [Holy Tempest]. A golden light engulfed his skin as he circled the warrior with a smooth movement.

  Multiple ratacks struck the spot which Liam just left.

  “Judging from your names you are those guys from Beast Den? Quite daring!”

  Liam’s voice didn’t sound strained. Before the thief’s dagger could reach him, his swords fshed. The thief died with an unwilling expression and eveank didn’t mao avoid the hit.

  [-347!]

  Seeing multiple people closing in on him, Liam quickly sent out a wave of brilliant light. Holy marks appeared above everyone’s hearts.

  Some of the pyers were taken aback, apprehensive because of the unknown status.

  But Sharp Eagle ignored everything around himself. Knowing the importahe boss pced on Bleary Mirage, he was eager to show his worth and finally get the reition he deserves.

  The warrior only took a moment to close the distance, his sword drawing a graceful arc.

  Liam’s leg twitched. But he held himself back, crossing his swords to defend instead of dodging.

  He’s trying to get me into the trap…

  “Flurry!”

  A shout came from a bow-wielding pyer, letting everyone’s eyes twitch.

  “Idiot! What are you doing, announg your skills?!”, shouted Sharp Eagle angrily.

  Liam couldn’t help but grin as he used a cross ssh.

  Sharp Eagle had good senses. He felt a glimmer running along Liam’s swords. But it was too te to dodge as the attaded squarely on his chest.

  [-618!]

  [-61!]

  Liam leaned his body into the attack. With a strong push he shoved Sharp Eagle away, once more pg the hostile taween himself and the ratackers.

  “Elk, you idiot! Whose side are you on?!”

  The tank called Elk gritted his teeth.

  “Stay still!”

  With an angry shout he hacked his sword at Liam’s head, using [Brutal Strike].

  Liam khat getting stunned would be fatal. Dread crept into his mind as he saw two other warriors arriving, blog his path.

  But instead of falling into despair, Liam’s mind cleared up uhe pressure. Maed abruptly, cirg through his body at immense speeds.

  Every single cell felt energized, longing for an outlet.

  Suddenly a few sparks pyed around Liam’s body as the veteran vanished, reappearing behind the backs of the ining warriors.

  “What?!”

  “What happened?”

  “What skill is this?”

  The oppos weren’t able to prehend the situation as fsh step was still an unknown cept.

  But Liam didn’t think much of it. Everythi incredibly familiar to him, not able to divert his attention from the fight.

  He only furrowed his brows as he noticed his stance running out.

  While everyone was distracted Liam made use of the situatiourned swiftly, his swords moving like the wind as a perfectly executed [Double Ssh] hit the two warriors.

  The holy marks above their heads exploded. Shog damage numbers popped up. The warriors stood no ce. They died without being able to nd a sia Liam.

  Watg all this py out, the others were shocked to their cores. Without uanding Liam’s Holy Tempest css, they couldn’t prehend what was going on.

  But Liam had no mercy. He instantly darted to the right, swinging his swords at a seemingly inspicuous bush. But a thief was directly forced out of stealth as Liam’s swords nded on him.

  Finally, Sharp Eagle got out of his stupor, yelling angrily at his group:

  “Damn it! Attack, attack! Use everything you have! I ’t believe we don’t get that guy killed!”

  Sharp Eagle gritted his teeth as he g the trap not far away. If they wao have a ce, they needed Liam to step in it.

  Fat Tiger didn’t fet that Liam had a way to fly. Thus, he had been asking around for a termeasure for a few days.

  Eventually the crafty guild leader found a trap preventing the use of able items.

  Everyone was fident that this trap was enough to kill Bleary Mirage. But no Eagle felt his fidence crumble. It was questionable if they would be able to kill the oppo even if he walked into the trap voluntarily.

  But we are already riding the tiger now and ’t get off!

  Sharp Eagle shook his head rapidly as an image of his guild leader appeared in his mind.

  Damn, I’m never going to use this idiom again!

  Although the warrior’s thoughts were chaotic, he still followed the fight closely.

  Watg Liam reveal their thief as if stealth did for him, Sharp Eagle gritted his teeth, taking out a small bomb, and throwing it towards the oppo.

  Sorry!

  Liam suddenly felt his instincts screaming at him. He didn’t care about finishing the thief off as he luo the side.

  Boom!

  An explosio off, shaking the trees and spshing dirt in all dires.

  The thief was barely able to throw an accusataze at Sharp Eagle before beio the graveyard.

  However, his sacrifice was worth it in his rade’s eyes as Liam finally took some damage while rolling awkwardly on the ground.

  [-400!]

  The veteran took a sharp breath feeling his ba pain. But it was no time to rex. Multiple ratacks rained down on him, eager to take his life.

  Sharp Eagle sighed as Liam stopped before entering the trap’s range. But seeing the tter’s precarious dition with multiple attacks shooting towards him, Sharp Eagle suddenly felt hope.

  However, Liam wasn’t defeated yet. Mana once more ran through his body as he vanished from the spot.

  “Careful!”

  Sharp Eagle gritted his teeth, cursing the game for allowing su overpowered ability to exist.

  He naturally couldn’t know that Liam’s smooth execution was the result of years of training. When people first learned fsh step, it was already not bad if they could dodge a skill with multiple seds preparation time.

  Liam made use of his advanced skills to appear o an unsuspeg mage. Both pyers looked dumbly at each other for a moment until Liam’s attack was ready. His swords stabbed into the mage’s chest, ending the frail oppo’s life.

  “Get away!”

  Sharp Eagle bellowed angrily as he and the tank tried to catch up with Liam.

  By now only the two warriors and three ranged fighters were left. Thus, a strauation ensued.

  The ranged fighters tried to get away while Liam chased after them, followed by the warriors.

  After a short couple of seds Liam had caught up to ane, felling him quickly.

  Meanwhile the rest of the guild members gathered together. The two warriors stood at the front, gring angrily at Liam while doing their best to hide the fear in their hearts.

  “Mirage, e! Attack us if you’re a man!”

  Liam chuckled, gng at his cooldowns.

  “Sure!”

  A moment ter his skill was ready again, a wave of light spreading from Liam. While the guild members were still apprehensive, Liam raised his hand, a progress bar appearing before his eyes.

  1… 2!

  Two seds passed quickly.

  Boom!

  Suddenly multiple small explosio off. The holy marks erupted, shaking the oppos. Shock clouded their eyes as they dropped lifelessly to the floor.

  Liam slowly lowered his hand. His face was grim. Obviously, he didn’t appreciate being ambushed. He could’ve escaped the eime but chose to elimihe other party as a lesson.

  It was questionable, however, if Fat Tiger would learn from it.