Chapter 18

Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio

Brandon walked in the darkness.

As he walked, he paid attention to his surroundings.

As he got closer to the center of Holy Fire City, the width of the streets and the space between the buildings became larger, but it was still not enough to rely on his vision to gather information about the enemy.

The wind listening skill was still the best weapon for him to find the enemy.

Suddenly!

Brandon stopped in his tracks and looked straight ahead.

He stopped, not because he bumped into something, but because he saw something that surprised him.

Following his gaze, he saw a two-meter-tall man who looked extremely strong. He had a square face and carried a large sword on his back. He looked like a small giant walking in the middle of the street.

Even though he was wearing armor, Brandon could tell that he was very muscular.

“This guy…”

“He might actually be a boxer in the real world!”

“But…”

“No matter how high his attributes are in the real world, he only has an advantage in the early stages of the game. Even if his initial attributes are 10, it doesn’t make much of a difference now, since everyone gains 5 attribute points for every kill.”

“This is Holy Fire City. How dare you stand in the middle of the street?!”

This was the reason why Brandon was stunned when he saw him for the first time.

With an attitude like that, he was basically inviting people to attack him.

“There must be a reason why he is so arrogant. His skills, talents, and equipment are not weak.”

Brandon’s thoughts immediately became active.

If his prey was delivered to his doorstep like that, why wouldn’t he want it?

However…

Brandon did not take action immediately. Instead, he continued to use his wind listening skill while under the protection of infinite invisibility and circled around the small giant to look for a second person.

Just as Brandon was carrying out his plan, he did not notice that when he was thinking about the small giant, he suddenly raised his head and looked in the direction where Brandon had just been.

His eyes were fierce!

But he quickly became doubtful. After scratching his head, the giant continued to walk down the street.

This guy was really fearless!

On the other side, Brandon finally found something!

What he found did not fall short of his expectations. In a house dozens of yards to the right of the small giant, he found a short man. He was less than 1.5 meters tall, just like a dwarf.

Looking at the dwarf hiding in the house, the corner of Brandon’s mouth curled up.

He slowly moved behind him and suddenly slashed.

[You have hit the target, dealing 77 damage!]

No critical hit!

No poison!

The quality of the armor was above purple!

Brandon was not surprised by this. After all, the players who had made it this far were surely not lacking in equipment.

After the sneak attack, Brandon did not run away immediately. Instead, he retreated a little.

The short man was attacked and jumped up like a mouse, turning and staring at Brandon with a pair of green eyes. His face was as dark as water. His physique had reached 50, and his hearing was exceptional. He had even scouted the surroundings before hiding here. How could he be ambushed?

“Damn you! You’re courting death!” the short man growled harshly. These words seemed to be squeezed out from between his teeth.

In response, Brandon smiled provocatively, then…turned around and ran.

To the short man, Brandon’s expression and actions were absurd, as though he wasn’t even a human. He retorted coldly, “You’re just going to run away after stabbing someone? No way!”

Staring at Brandon’s shadow, he chased after him closely.

Very soon, he realized that the person who ambushed him had a lower physique than him. If the short man were to give chase on a straight path, he would be able to catch up in less than a minute. However, the area was a labyrinth of houses and back-alleys, and with the sheer number of turns, he was unable to close the gap.

‘I’m obviously stronger than him, but I can’t even catch up to him?!’

This made the short man even angrier.

As Brandon ran away, he was constantly paying attention to the man behind him. He controlled the distance between them, maintaining a distance where the short man could see him, but could not catch him.

When the main street came into view, his eyes lit up.

He quickened his pace and instantly rushed towards the main street.

When he emerged, he was right behind the little giant, less than ten yards away.

Brandon quickly took out his purple-quality bow & arrow. He nocked the arrow, pulled the bow back, and fired at the little giant. His actions were extremely smooth, and he took less than a second to fire the arrow.

Instant step!

Without any hesitation, Brandon hid in a house.

He didn’t even look at where the arrow landed.

Sure enough, although the little giant couldn’t hear Brandon’s footsteps, he could hear the sound of the arrow whistling through the air. As he turned around, he caught the arrow right in his chest.

At the same time, the short man, chasing after Brandon, rushed onto the street.

The two of them met.

The little giant immediately roared, “You damned dwarf, you actually shot an arrow to sneak attack me? Damn you!”

As he roared, the little giant charged at the short man.

He pulled out the greatsword from his back. It was a greatsword that could only be wielded by two hands, yet he used it effortlessly with one hand.

On the other side, the short man was dumbfounded.

‘What the f*ck! What’s going on? What’s wrong with this stupid big guy? Who shot an arrow at him? It wasn’t me. Why is he coming at me?!’ he thought, his mind racing as the little giant charged at him.

Though this kind of thing could be explained in the real world, it wasn’t even worth trying to talk it out in an escape game.

Facing the little giant, the short man had no choice but to pull out the dagger at his waist and face him.

Brandon, who had orchestrated the entire scene, was watching the show in stealth mode.

“Oh, when I go back, I really have to learn more about this escape game.”

“It would be great if I had some Coke and popcorn with me now.”

“What a pity!”

Brandon watched the battle between the short man and the little giant with great interest while he listened to the situation around him with his wind listening ears.

In his opinion, the short man wasn’t weak by any measure, and the little giant dared to walk on the streets of Holy Fire City, so surely he was very powerful. He’d expected the battle between the two of them to take a long time, but…

He was wrong!

In less than a minute, the outcome was already clear.

The short man was easily defeating the little giant.

This made Brandon speechless.

“What the hell!”

“This strong guy, I thought you would be very strong, given that you dared to walk so openly down the street. Is this all you’ve got?”

“Oh well. It’s still up to me!”

Brandon had seen enough. Darting forward, he quickly closed in behind the short man.

With a flash, he stabbed the man!

[You have hit the target, dealing 77 damage!]

Instant step!

The short man who was ambushed gritted his teeth. “Damn it, it must be that guy from before.”

The little giant clearly saw what had happened. He took the opportunity to counterattack and taunted, “Hahahahaha! You damned dwarf! The ambusher just got ambushed. That’s karma!”

Even Brandon was speechless when he heard this.

I was wrong.

Those who survived until this point in time were not necessarily smart people.

There would also be some lucky fools.

Just as he returned to invisibility, he heard the short man’s voice. “Damned fool, don’t you understand by now? This is a setup. The person who sneak attacked me just now is the mastermind behind this!”

“We should stop fighting now!”

Then, the little giant’s rough voice could be heard. “I don’t believe you. It was you who ambushed me just now. I must kill you!”

The short man didn’t speak anymore, but his breathing suddenly became much faster.

Obviously, he was furious.

Brandon’s mouth was almost crooked from laughing.

Having regained his invisibility, he once again entered the battlefield..