Chapter 78 78 Without Raising Suspicion

"They are already in my range, should I take one of them," the marksman asked the hitman.

"You can only kill one and the rest would hide, they haven't noticed us, so allow them to come closer so I can be able to kill one of them" the hitman mumbled back.

"Okay, I have eyes on the girl, you take the other one wearing a coat, I'm sure he doesn't have an armor"

"Okay..." the hitman replied.

"Let's keep moving, we have to get back to the city" Gabriel spoke.

"Wait...I haven't decided which skill to choose from the three of them, I going to need a minute" Alex said trying to find an excuse to keep them from moving forward.

"But you can choose your skill while walking, you were the one who wanted to reach the city quickly," Max said.

'How can we avoid those players which raising their suspicion, I can't see their level but I'm sure one shot from their bullets would mean our end'

'But if we are already in their range why haven't they fired, maybe they are waiting for us to move closer so we wouldn't be able to escape'

"Alex...hurry up and choose your skill, what if we return back and the man isn't there anymore," Gabriel said.

"I just remember, I don't have you on my friend list, give me a minute to add you guys up," Alex said.

[Name: Reaper]

[Level: 12]

[HP: 140/140 Effect of leather armor]

[XP: 830/2500]

[SP: 0]

[Class: Assassin]

[Blue Coins: 18,180]

[Title: Beast Slayer Duration: 6 days]

[Rank: Mob]

[Strength: 45+10]

[Agility: 45+10]

[Stamina: 40+10]

[Vitality: 40+10]

[Stealth: 105+10]

[Inventory]

[Map]

[Help]

[Achievements]

[Friend list](1)

[Log Out]

Alex opened his interface and a notification was on his friend list, he opened the icon and the was a message from Huntress.

[Friend list]

1. Huntress(1)

[Add Friends]

Instead of adding to his friend list, he opened the message from Huntress.

"Hi, so you are still alive, it's nice to here from you" [Reply]

"Yes I'm still alive, I didn't know you were among the top 10 players, I would have asked for a bigger reward" Alex replied back.

[Add Friends]

1. ThunderMage

2. Maximus

3. Becca

The three of them received the notification and immediately accepted the request, then the friend list icon also appeared on their interface.

"I didn't know the game had a feature like this, so we can send each other messages even when we aren't close?" Rebecca asked.

"Yes," Alex said as he messaged the three of them.

[Don't panic but I think we are being watched, don't look around or ask me about it just do as I say, they are hidden in the tree I'm facing, so all we need to do is to move forward but far from each other and hide behind trees and don't stop talking or they would be suspicious]

"Alex if you don't want to choose a skill let's go back to the city, we are in a forest and we can be attacked by beasts" Gabriel shouted.

"Okay okay, don't shout...let's keep going," Alex said.

[After hiding what next] Max messaged Alex.

[I don't know, but they are most likely among the shooter class, so they won't be good in close combat]

The four of them walked forward like nothing was going one but they were slowly spacing out and walking towards trees that can cover their entire bodies.

Alex was the first to stop but he didn't hide instead he acted like he kicked a stone and stopped, the others didn't pay any attention to him till they were all close to the trees.

"They are close and they still haven't spotted us, this is great, take out the girl and I'll take out... what's wrong, why are they not moving," the hitman asked.

"I think they spotted us, they all hid behind trees so we can't attack," the marksman said.

"You guys are screwed" Alex shouted.

"We still have the upper hand, so just hide behind the trees till we are gone or else..." the hitman said.

"Really...have you forgotten that we outnumber you guys" Alex shouted.

[Gabriel can't you see them, attack them]

Gabriel took a deep breath and looked towards the players, they were covered by leaves so he still couldn't make out their figure but he could attack.

*Bam! Bam!*

Two loud sounds echoed as the hitman fired two rounds from his revolvers toward Gabriel, luckily he had already removed his head from the hitman's sight or he would have been dead.

The revolver of the Hitman had 2 shots each and a reloading time of 10 seconds, while the marksman has 1 bullet in his flintlock with a reloading time of 30 seconds.

Unlike the marksman whose special stats was precision, the hitman class didn't have a shooting related stat which made aiming very difficult.

But the Hitman also had a better special stat–Instinct is a very versatile ability, it makes the odds at survival better, and it was strong during combat.

Gabriel had gotten the exact location of both of them but he had also exposed his plan of attacking and the marksman changed his focus from Rebecca to Gabriel.

Alex covered his cloak and waited for a few seconds then his mind wandered back to his skills, if he had [Camouflage] he would be invisible for 10 seconds, which would give him enough time to reach while the attackers were but he didn't like the skill.

The Hitman jumped down from the tree he was in and landed on the ground, Alex quickly looked and saw the Hitman hiding behind a tree while looking at the four of them.

Rebecca was the only one not making an attempt to attack, the rest of them were sticking their heads to see but Rebecca just hid without doing anything and the Hitman was going for her first.