Chapter 57: The Star Falls! A Strike to Kill!

"If you two are not intending to marry, can we discuss this further?"

"Don't do something that'll hurt yourself." Mark quickly tried to mediate, his face pale with fear.

The explosion of this bomb would leave no one alive here!

The surrounding players, initially just spectators, couldn't help but speak up now.

"Look, Miss Daphne, we have no quarrel with you."

"Don't detonate it! Please, we beg you! There are specific targets for grievance. This has nothing to do with us!"

"Why would you kill us too?"

"How about this, Miss Daphne, you and Miss Teresa take the bomb and leave. No one will dare to stop you."

"Yeah, once you're back at the base, with your backgrounds, Eric and Mark wouldn't dare lay a finger on you!"

The other players present, including some who had reached the two-class level, were on the verge of tears.

They had not expected that simply taking on a hidden mission, for which they had even spent contribution points, would land them in such a dire situation.

Their lives were at stake!

At this moment, Daphne hesitated too.

She is young and naturally does not want to die. Moreover, being from a sequence base and possessing A-level talent, she has a bright future ahead of her.

So, Daphne nodded. "Everyone, back off. I want to..."

Before she could finish her sentence, a cold gleam flashed in Eric Dane's eyes.

Letting them go? Impossible.

If the marriage had been successful, the families behind Daphne and Teresa would naturally accept it for the sake of benefits.

But given the current circumstances, if the two managed to leave and then complain to their families, Eric, at the very least, would have to pay a hefty compensation, or at worst, face a vendetta leading to his death!

He wouldn't give up until he achieved his goal today!

Eric took advantage of the moment Daphne was responding to the other players and, without hesitation, crushed an item!

He was gambling!

Gambling that Daphne wouldn't react in time!

The final result was...

Eric Dane revealed a look of wild joy. He had succeeded!

A pure white shockwave spread out, directly stunning Mark, Daphne, and Teresa nearby, plunging them into a dazed state.

It seemed Daphne had equipment resistant to control effects. Her daze lasted only 0.3 seconds.

But Eric Dane was as quick as lightning. He directly took the portable bomb from Daphne's hand and stored it in his item slot.

Then, he stood there with a smile, not moving at all. After waiting for the three people present to recover from their dizziness, Eric said, "Miss Daphne, it would be better not to play with such dangerous toys."

"How about we discuss the marriage again now?"

His confident expression implied that even if Daphne had more self-destructive devices, he wasn't afraid.

It was only because he had been distracted by the illusion and let his guard down that he had made a mistake.

Now, everything was set in stone!

Eric boldly approached Teresa, who seemed not as defiant as Daphne, perhaps a bit easier to bully.

Witnessing this scene, despair was evident in Daphne's eyes. If it wasn't for her momentary oversight, allowing herself to be ambushed, they wouldn't have ended up in this situation!

Daphne was startled, indeed noticing a prompt flashing before her eyes—

[Player Sterl invites you to join the team, Accept/Decline?]

Sterl, isn't that the "junior" Teresa knows? Since it's one of our own and Teresa has spoken, Daphne instinctively clicked confirm.

The very next second, Daphne understood why she had to join the team—

To avoid friendly fire.

Boom!!

Buzzing!!

First came the deafening crash, followed by a buzzing in the heads of Daphne, Teresa, and the other players.

What they witnessed next was nothing short of astonishing.

A cerulean meteor descended from the sky with a loud bang, and the light screen under people's feet before was the coverage area of this meteorite!

Indeed, an energy giant stone with a diameter of several dozen meters had crashed down from the sky to the ground.

As for its power? Many players onsite couldn't even begin to describe it in words. The center of the meteor's impact, where Mark and Eric were, saw them directly smashed into dust.

First, their bodies were crushed, then vaporized by the high heat of the energy, leaving behind only two glowing loot balls.

Subsequently, the entire area covered by the meteor was forcibly indented by tens of meters, forming a seemingly bottomless crater.

Inside, azure energy flickered, accompanied by wafting hot air that was startling to behold.

And it wasn't just the area directly hit, players who had retreated quickly were also thrown into disarray by the shockwave brought on by the meteor.

They tumbled on the ground in a very sorry state, looking disheveled and dirt-covered.

Those who ran slower, being closer to the meteor, suffered internal injuries. The high temperature and heat scorched a large area of their torso, causing the flesh to rot and leaving them screaming in agony.

In the entire scene, only three people stood unharmed.

First were Teresa and Daphne, who had accepted the team invite, each with a different expression.

Teresa's expression went from utterly calm to extremely excited, even with tears in her eyes as she looked at the newly appeared figure.

"Mas... Sterl, you're here!" Her voice trembled as she spoke, filled with happiness.

Teresa always knew her master would come!

It was a kind of blind and even somewhat foolish trust... And when Sterl truly made his entrance and instantly dealt with the enemies, Teresa was trembling all over, feverish...

The other, Daphne, was completely dumbfounded. Who am I? Where am I? What am I supposed to do?

Wait a minute...

A moment ago, I was being threatened, even prepared to die.

Feeling very sorry for Teresa, regretting participating in this hidden mission.

But now, what am I doing?

Right, it seems I accepted a team invite, and then the two enemies just died.

Daphne was stupefied!

Unlike those spectating players, she witnessed with her own eyes a giant meteor striking with erupting energy flows, seeing every detail of how Mark and Eric turned into ashes.

Such overwhelming power nearly made Daphne faint!

She barely regained some semblance of reason, looking at the calmly standing male figure at the center.

Daphne couldn't help but swallow several times.