Chapter 155: The Attack of the Protagonist (7)
Translator: Sigma Editor: Sigma
"Huh? A temporary group of data in a scenario dares to talk to me like thatā¦" He wore suspicions on his face. "Looks like Iām underestimatedā¦ Youāre one of the henchmen of the āTetrad of Outliers,' perhaps?" He shook his head. "But you seem not to understand the rulesā¦ Even the ones who are almost as strong as the other four among you guys, when they meet me, K3 ā Hematite, they don't dare to use that tone with me."
Seconds later, the voice resounded from the dried well. "Iāve never heard of your name. I donāt even know what you are and what youāre talking about." It paused then continued, "Iām Vahiru, servant of the Dark Abyss Benighted King. Someone of your kind wanted to destroy the āMajor Formationā inside the Aggrieved Well. Iāve killed him. And if you want to follow his stepsā¦"
"Turns out youāre just a relatively strong watchdog," intervened K3. "I thought that you were a creature with a high position. Turns out you don't even know the other three of the āFour Divine Pillars.' Well, temporary data are just temporary dataā¦"
K3 was walking forward while speaking. He unscrupulously stepped on the wall of the Aggrieved Well. "[The Lord of Time] is in charge of the Long River of Order; [The Lord of Demons] reigns over the Chaotic Scorching Earth; [Dark Abyss Benighted King] rules the Kingdom of the Dead Souls; [The Court of Veracity] adjudges all realms of the good and the evil." He stooped down, looking at the inside of the well. From the visual data, he could see the overall āMajor Formationā at the bottom of the well. He could even observe and measure a part of the āOther Worldā.
Then, K3 continued, "And you... What are you? A guard watching the back door of the Kingdom of the Dead Souls?"
Vahiru didnāt reply to K3ās provocation because he had turned his hostility directly into action. One second later, the well suddenly generated an invisible suction force like a whirlpool that one couldn't resist, drawing K3 down to the bottom.
This power seemed not to affect the other general things in the surrounding. Even a dried leaf or a shriveled grass wasnāt affected. Only the body of K3 was held and dragged by an incomparably massive force into the well.
"Seems you understand your capacity well. In this world, you are not my match." K3ās upper body was already in the well while both of his hands were clutching on the edge of the well. It looked like he was still able to hold on for a while. "No wonder why that Level 4 had to dieā¦ Turns out like this." Murderous intent that he couldn't hold flashed in his eyes. "Harrumphā¦ Interesting. Iām going to play with you as you wish."
K3 let go of his grip and headed down like a fish rapidly diving to the bottom of the well. Right when he touched the bed, a strange light flashed as his body was crossing through a partition made from data, entering another world.
Six playersā¦ Ah, no, now we can consider them four players and two GMs. By the way, at this moment, these six people didn't know anything about the dispute between Level 3 Derivative K3 ā Hematite and BOSS Vahiru of the scenario.
The two GMs could track down the Derivative's location from their special menu. They had something like the āDerivative Radarā. When the target came into a certain range, they could recognize it. Of course, besides the coordinates, other information such as level, capacity, appearance, etc., were things they couldn't collect beforehand.
Thus, Copernicus and Galileo were bewildered at the momentā¦ Not long after the scenario had begun, they had found a Derivative, but the signal disappeared after a short whileā¦ Roughly ten minutes later, they had found the signal one more time, but it then dissipated again.
They didn't know that there were two Derivatives in this scenario, or what was happening on the mountain. According to their usual GM's train of thought, the Level 4 Derivative in this scenario seemed to be able to cover itself from the GM's radar. It was unknown why it had turned off the cover function, showed itself twice for a short moment, and then had hidden once again.
"Are you considering some sort of secret you donāt want others to know?" Feng Bujueās voice arose and interrupted their thought, also startling them.
Currently, they were walking on the worn out path in the mountain. Copernicus and Galileo were at the end of the line while Feng Bujue was taking the lead. The latter suddenly stopped, shined his flashlight on them, and inexplicably said something.
"Eh... What... Whatās up?" Copernicus stammered a reply.
"Ha ha... You... What are you saying? Donāt joke," answered Galileo with a forced smile. In fact, he was mumbling inside, "No wayā¦ Is this kid that supremely clever in his schemes? Are we exposed now?"
"He meant, you two are players specialized in Investigating but why are you walking behind all of us?" said Ye Zhi.
"Eh?" Copernicus was dumbfounded. "Ahā¦ ah, yeah, yeahā¦ Iām sorry. I was distractedā¦" He smiled embarrassedly and walked forward.
It was nonsense talking about their Investigating Specialty. In fact, GMs just happened to know the locations of FLAGs in the scenario. And, about their titles, GM's titles were all set. They would neither be changed nor give them any skills. Of course, they didn't need skills granted from their title either. GMās skills were abundant with many passive and proactive skills. Their charactersā physical attributes were much better than the normal players at the same level, and they had items and equipment that other players could only see in their dreams. For example:
[Name: Sword of the Game Master level 18]
[Attack Power: Relatively Strong]
[Special Effects: can cause triple damage hitting the target.]
[Equipment Conditions: Exclusively for Game Masters]
[Remarks: This item canāt be thrown away, destroyed or traded. Thereās no way to show the properties of this item to ordinary players.]
The short description of the item wasn't complicated, but the effects could scare people to death.
Pan Feng and Hua Xiong had mentioned before that the actual competence of a GM was ten times higher than his level. In other words, besides the skill in playing games, Copernicus' and Galileo's competencies were equivalent to players at level 28. Moreover, they knew more information about the scenario that only GMs could check.
Such things like title were just drifting clouds to them. A GMās title was somehow moderate. Names like āFighting Killing Fist,' āThe Omen's Descendant,' and āThe Invincible Iron Fist,' even if they wanted to use them, their managers wouldn't allow it.
Usually, GMs would disguise themselves as players who were training their Investigating Specialty. Thatās how they explained the source of the information they got, and they could timely protect the ordinary players since pioneers always took the lead. GMs then could deal with negative FLAGs or prevent the Derivatives from attacking players. This was to prevent playersā unnecessary deaths.
"Donāt be nervous. Thereās nothing to be afraid of, keep your spirit up," Invincible Hero said with an encouraging tone because he thought that the other two were scared so they couldn't concentrate.
He didn't think that his unintentional planting tree had causedā¦
[The Protagonistās Halo has been transferred.]
[Player Invincible Hero is the current holder of the Protagonistās Halo.]