The Thief was stunned. He didn't expect this fallen noble to be able to maintain his composure in this situation and make the correct decision.
The Pine Nut River was very wide. If he was on the river, Ma Wen would not be able to escape the Akron mafia's pursuit.
Only the sparse forest at the side had a sliver of a chance.
"Just a wild guess?" The bandit muttered in his heart. He was not in a hurry. He called out to the gang members and quickly followed.
His Agility was very high. He did not believe that he could not take care of a noble who did not even have a combat profession.
Moreover, this forest wasn't that complicated. He wouldn't be able to escape.
Marvin took the lead and rushed into the forest. Under the cover of the dark night, he quickly approached a large tree with lush leaves.
"He doesn't even need to sneak. He looks very confident."
Ma Wen leaned against the pine tree. He watched the bandit chase after him with a dagger in his hand. He sneered in his heart.
I still have an advantage.
After seeing the Akron mafia, Ma Wen was surprised and confused. But he never lost his cool. What a joke. As a former ruler of the night, his combat experience could be said to be extremely rich. These hooligans could barely be considered professionals. Although they were stronger and outnumbered him, sometimes combat experience was very important!
Especially in complex terrains!
When Ma Wen successfully became a ranger, he was very careful when wearing the ranger badge. He wore it in a very hidden place, so the gangsters should not have realized that Ma Wen had become a professional like them!
This was a huge advantage.
"Want to kill me? Then don't blame me. "
He silently pulled out the white machete from his waist, showing a trace of ruthlessness. Since these scum wanted to eat him, then they should be prepared to be killed instead.
Yes, ever since the Akron mafia appeared, he had never thought of escaping. He wanted to find out the truth.
He was going to kill all of them here!
At the thought of this, his blood began to boil faintly. It had been a long time since he felt this excited. The last time he was this excited was probably when he completed the Apotheosis Mission, when he faced the pursuit of more than ten demigods.
…
This forest was actually very small, so there wasn't much space for Ma Wen to maneuver around.
He had to get rid of this Thief before anyone else could get close. Ma Wen believed that the rest of the gang probably didn't have a Thief. This guy who didn't use Stealth was their only Thief. He was also the biggest threat among them. Thieves had high Perception and Dexterity, so it was easy for them to find his hiding spot.
As long as he killed him, Ma Wen had plenty of ways to deal with the rest.
Thinking of this, he curled his body slightly and pressed closer to the pine tree.
[Hide skill activated!]
A Ranger's signature skill was naturally extraordinary. With the help of the night, Ma Wen's body faintly merged with the pine tree. The Thief didn't seem to notice, and strode over to the other side. Ma Wen clenched his machete and held his breath.
The 41 points of Hide, plus the + 9 provided by the Deer Badge, was just enough to trigger the hidden effect of the 50 points of Hide skill [Blessing of the Night].
[Blessing of the Night]: When you use the Hide skill, if it's at night, the effect is increased by 5%.
Don't underestimate this 5%. Most of the time, even a 1% increase is enough to change the situation of the battle.
As a PK master in his previous life, Ma Wen was not only proficient in the Thief profession, but also knew other professions like the back of his hand. That's why he raised the Hide skill to 50 points in the first place.
But he didn't expect it to come in handy so soon.
The Thief's Perception seemed to be lower than Ma Wen expected. The reason he could become a Thief was probably because of years of nurturing and training in the marketplace, not because of talent.
He carelessly walked past Ma Wen. At this moment, there was a sudden shout from the entrance of the forest.
"Jack, where the f * ck are you? Where's the noble? "
Jack turned around impatiently and shouted at the entrance, "I'm here! That little noble is nearby, he can't escape! "
Ma Wen silently waited for him to finish speaking, then with a clean and neat step, he appeared behind the Thief like a ghost.
His left hand suddenly pressed against the Thief's mouth, and the inner blade of the machete in his right hand easily cut through the Thief's throat!
In an instant, blood spurted out, and the Thief's body began to violently struggle!
But Ma Wen expressionlessly covered his mouth, and the Thief's desperate struggle couldn't hurt him at all.
[Normal attack successful!]
[Fatal attack hit! Normal attack turned into fatal attack!]
[Target killed! Obtained 18 Slaughter EXP!]
Marvin didn't even need to look at the battle records that flashed by. He could tell from his opponent's gradually weakening body that he was already dead.
"You're too slow." Marvin shook his head in dissatisfaction.
Due to the limitations of his body and class, the power he could display was not very strong. The set of movements just now was the Phantom Assassin's signature combo, [Shadow Cut] + [Slit Throat]. This combo would produce an extremely high damage bonus, and it was the most suitable to kill an opponent in an instant.
Although Ma Wen was not a Thief now, he could still rely on his memory and body's instincts to complete these two techniques. Although he was very dissatisfied with the completion of these two techniques, and these two techniques did not have a high damage bonus like skills, correspondingly, his opponent was not a powerful character.
A Level 2 Thief with 42 HP, if he was not hit in a fatal spot, it would be very difficult for Ma Wen to deal with him. However, a Level 1 class had no resistance to fatal spots, and once hit in a fatal spot, there was no doubt that he would die.
This careless Thief was clearly a textbook example of the negative effects of low-level classes. He probably thought that Ma Wen did not have the strength to resist, but he did not expect that the target they were chasing would suddenly turn into an assassination expert.
Ma Wen quickly searched the Thief's body, and found a pouch and some materials for making traps.
"Poor bastard …" There were only 5 silver coins in the pouch, and it was very thin.
Those materials had some use. Before the others could find him, Ma Wen took the opportunity to pull the Thief's body to the side, find a big tree, and activate Concealment.
He looked up, and a dark cloud swept across the moon, and his vision was very poor.
Tonight was destined to be a night of slaughter.
…
The Thief's companions had four others, and they rushed into the forest with torches. Under the illumination of the torches, the sparse forest suddenly became bright.
With the light of the torches, Ma Wen's Concealment skill would undoubtedly be greatly reduced. Even worse, they would quickly discover the Thief's body. Because of the time constraint, he did not have the time to properly dispose of the body, and only slightly cover it.
At that time, they would be more vigilant, and they would know that their prey was not completely defenseless. In this way, the possibility of Ma Wen succeeding was greatly reduced.
"Damn, damn Jack, he actually couldn't stop that little noble from running into the forest." One of them cursed in a rough voice, "He still hasn't responded to us, what the hell is this kid trying to do?"
"Maybe that little noble ran faster, and he chased after him first."
"But he didn't leave us too many traces, and it's too much of a waste of time to continue searching like this. We must ensure that the boss's orders are carried out, and tonight, that little noble named Ma Wen must die! "
Under the illumination of the torches, Ma Wen turned sideways, and calmly listened to the enemy's footsteps. Without professional listening skills, his perception was somewhat passive, but these people were as careless as the Thief, and when they walked, they did not deliberately control the sound of their footsteps, so he could still determine their direction through the sound of their footsteps.
There were four people in total, two tall, one fat, and a sissy.
Even without using his eyes, he could make such a judgment.
The four people came near him, and there was a dispute among them. What made Ma Wen happy was that after the quarrel, the four people actually made a decision that made Ma Wen overjoyed: to split up and search!
It seemed that they were very confident in their own strength, and felt that dealing with a little noble without a combat profession would be a piece of cake.
The four people split up, and the other three left in three different directions, while the fourth person searched nearby.
Ma Wen cleverly used the shadows to avoid the other three people's search range — he had too many experiences like this, alone in a complex cave group or in the forest, facing the pursuit of an entire well-trained team. These little punks had not gone through professional training, otherwise they would not have left so many blind spots for Ma Wen to hide in.
The fourth person circled in place. Ma Wen waited, and in less than half a minute, he found an opportunity.
It was exactly the same as the way he dealt with the Thief just now, a clean cut step and a Slit Throat.
[Normal attack successful!]
[Fatal attack hit! Normal attack turned into fatal attack!]
[Target killed! Obtained 11 Slaughter EXP!]
This was a Level One Gangster, one of the most common professions in the city. Gangsters had special abilities and bonuses in urban combat, but in the wild, they had no advantage.
The threat he brought to Ma Wen was far less than the Thief. The only thing that satisfied Ma Wen was that this guy was slightly richer than the Thief. He had 12 silver coins on him.
A faint stench of blood spread through the forest. Marvin used the same method to kill two more people in one go.
These two people provided Ma Wen with 26 silver coins and a total of 30 Slaughter EXP. Unfortunately, when he killed the last person, because the other party was a little tall, Ma Wen could not cover him tightly. Although the Slit Throat worked as usual, the unlucky guy still let out a scream.
The last member of the Akron mafia came to his senses. He raised his torch and rushed over in a few seconds.
Ma Wen did not have the time to dodge.
"We underestimated you." The tall man looked at the corpse at Ma Wen's feet, a little surprised.
He held a torch in one hand and a machete in the other. His expression was ferocious. "But tonight, you're dead."
Ma Wen quietly used Detect.
[Detecting (35) skill activating …]
[Passing relevant checks …]
[Detection failed! Unable to obtain more information!]
Detection failed!
This meant that the other party had at least three levels of the Adventurer profession!
The tall man licked his lips and rushed over with large strides. He raised the machete in his hand as if he wanted to chop Ma Wen into meat paste!
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