Chapter 74: Chapter 74 – Knife is Useless? Watch This!

Rocket began to move its arm, stretching it toward Max, who stood in the middle of the room looking around to find any usable loot.

There were two stars on the shelf and one on the corner.

'I can only hope.' Max thought as he prepared himself to fight Rocket, gripping his secondary knife tightly with his left hand.

At that moment, as if they had talked about it beforehand, both of them rushed forward at the same time.

Rocket used the momentum of his giant arm to push him forward, raising it up and preparing to smash Max to a paste. Once again, for a giant with an imbalanced body like him, he moved pretty fast.

"Graaa!!"

The Infected fell down like a meteor, slamming his fist at Max. However, he had already expected that. The floor in this room was clean, maybe because the destruction didn't reach this place.

That was why Max was able to slide on his knee, dodging the attack from below. At the same time, he attacked Rocket with his knives, slashing his hand and arm. The first attack worked and drew black blood from the Infected, but his boot knife couldn't pierce the big arm and repelled with a cling.

— Uwoooghh!!

— This guy is insane. I forgot that he's good at fighting close range!

— Damn, he injured Rocket with just a knife!

New viewers who hadn't watched any of Max's clips before were baffled. They knew this guy was good enough to be invited to the Knight's Journey event and was featured in the news. But they didn't know he was this skilled.

Some of them, who played V-Shelter Survival, clipped some moments and uploaded them to the Shelter community forum, quoting a title.

[URGENT! SUICIDE! Someone is trying to fight Rocket with knives only! It's Breeze!]

No one knew whether the thread would take off and gain other players' attention or not. Even the thread starter only put a link to the livestream and clips before returning to watch the exciting moment.

Max smiled as he found out that his attack worked. He immediately ran toward the nearby corner where the loot was while Rocket fell to the ground, cracking the floor under him and writhing in pain from the wound.

'I can do it.' He thought. Then, he grabbed the loot with his left hand and sincerely hoped. 'Please, make it something good!'

[1x Scrap obtained!]

Hearing the notification, he couldn't help but shout, "FUCK!!"

"FAAAAAAAKKKK!!!"

Rocket also shouted at the same time, as if mocking him. Furthermore, the chat also imitated them.

— FAAAAKKKK!!

— GRooooooo!

— [emote:fck] lolololol

Kicking on the wall behind him, Max somersaulted and spun his body midair. Attacking Rocket in this condition wasn't possible, but he could go to take the two loots on the shelf and hope for the best while the Infected recovered himself.

For Max, this was way too easy!

His body managed to squeeze through the hole between the spinning Rocket and the ceiling. His face was so close to the ceiling that he could feel the heat from the friction. It was as if it was giving him a sheer hot kiss.

He felt the wind from the spinning Rocket, and it hurt him. However, that didn't matter. It was better than being crushed.

And Rocket, who missed his target, went straight to the wall without being able to stop.

Crash! Bam! Crumble–

Landing in the center of the room, Max watched the destruction caused by Rocket's attack. A big hole was created, connecting this small room to the one next to it and the hallway. If it was now, then Max could escape.

— POG!

— Flying Breeze! HE'S DA WIND!

— This is your chance!

— Run, Breeze! Only 1:07 left on the clock!

— Yeah, if you're running, there might be a chance.

— Don't run! Fight Rocket fair and square!

"Run?" Max sneered at the chat. He walked toward the shelf and simultaneously picked up the two loots with his hands, "What's that? I only know the wall run. Yeah, I sounded cringe, but. Right now, I don't care about the bet or anything. This giant pisses me off."

The notifications from the loot appeared in front of him. When he read what kind of items he got, his lips curled up into a grin.

At the same time, Rocket returned to the room while dragging his body, which was covered in dust and debris. He was furious.

Looking at the Infected, Max wasn't afraid anymore, thanks to his new item. He raised his middle finger and taunted Rocket.

"Come here, fat boy."

Due to his advanced AI system, Rocket was able to understand a taunt from players. His mouth parted wide until it was inhumanly impossible, and he let out a deafening roar.

"GORAAAAAA!!!!"

It was right at that moment Max threw something into that wide mouth. He had already calculated it. The Infected would roar or groan every time it was about to make a big move. And it was at that moment they were pretty vulnerable.

A dark green grenade flew parabolic toward Rocket's open mouth. When it was mid-air, the pin holding out its safety made a clanging sound, releasing itself from the main body.

Max hurriedly ran to the other corner and ducked.

As if Rocket's mouth was a goal for the grenade, it entered perfectly. And then...