Sheyan wasn't the slightest bit careless in the face of this' miner's' generous offer. He coldly replied.
"That's a terrible and illusory reason. Rather than calling it a benefit, it's more like a delicious biscuit drawn with a pen. Because I can't verify the truth of your words within a short period of time. More importantly, my patience is running out. To prevent you from successfully stalling for time, I've decided to give you 10 seconds at most. "
The miner bluntly smiled and replied.
"Then what benefits do you want?"
Sheyan unhesitatingly replied.
"I want you to bury the explosives and return the detonator to me. Can you do it?"
The miner bluntly replied.
"No problem. The Stockholm party promised to protect me, but they failed. Therefore, for my own safety, I can agree to your request."
After the miner finished speaking, his' Absolute Defence 'glow vanished. If Sheyan wanted to kill him now, it would be as easy as flipping his hand. Instead, he observed the miner being extremely cooperative. He swiftly installed the detonator and returned it to Sheyan. More importantly, when Sheyan attempted to use his helmet's active ability to observe the miner, he received a notification from his nightmare imprint.
[You are attempting to observe a neutral party. This will be discovered by the opponent and will result in unknown consequences … ….]
This notification caused Sheyan to resolve not to kill him. Sheyan carefully inspected the detonator in his hand. After confirming there weren't any loopholes or traps, he bluntly waved his hand to dismiss the miner. The miner gazed deeply into Sheyan's eyes and laughed.
"Good luck, Mister Major … … .honestly speaking, you're the only tier 1 contestant Major I've ever met."
"Therefore, you can consider investing in me." Sheyan bluntly replied.
The miner laughed heartily and replied.
"I will. Of course, it must be within the realm's rules."
Following that, Sheyan waited for a while. Accurately speaking, it was a minute and 18 seconds. He could see a scattered silhouette in the distant hazy fog. He could clearly sense an intense murderous intent not too far away!
Therefore, Sheyan bluntly pressed the detonator.
A muffled explosion resounded, as though a gloomy fart had been released from the depths of the cliff.
The smoke from the slight explosion drifted into the rain and was instantly annihilated.
Then, an almost unrecognizable crack could be seen spreading out from the explosion site. The crack didn't seem to exist at all. It was like a crack on the surface of a bowl that didn't affect its use.
But soon, two slightly larger cracks appeared at the end of its extension. Then, the two cracks turned into four, and then eight ….
In a short span of time, the cracks on the cliff were as dense as a spider web. Finally, a crisp 'Kale' sound was heard. Small amounts of gravel and sand slowly fell down. Closely after, half of the enormous mountain started to slowly disintegrate and collapse. The roots of the Golden Tree that were deeply bitten into the rocks also started to wail and tilt.
After the explosion, it was very clear that the Stockholm party on the other side had started to waver. They knew very well that since the collapse had occurred, it meant that the people they sent out had completed their mission. In that case, their lives were no longer important …. What was important was to seize the two powerful Elven Rings! Yet at this moment, they weren't in the best position to do so!
Sheyan's objective was simple. He wanted to rescue Melody amidst the chaos. The biggest obstacle was the Nazgûl, but with Melody's clansmen entangling the Nazgûl, both sides had basically formed an exchange. He believed that delaying the Nazgûl would be possible.
However, the guys from the Stockholm Team were the biggest variable! Sheyan was completely clueless about their strength and organizational structure. He only knew that their overall strength was definitely formidable.
More importantly, their nightmare imprints were on their shoulders. This signified that when they slaughtered Sheyan's party, the rewards would similarly be bountiful! The achievement points gained from killing a person were equivalent to the achievement points gained from completing a main mission.
Moreover, among the elves present, apart from the heavily injured Elrond, the weakest was probably Melody. Moreover, from the fact that Melody was imprisoned, she was destined to receive the least assistance from the elves. Therefore, she might even be included in the list of 'must kill'.
Sheyan knew that if he was the leader of the opposing party, he definitely wouldn't let go of such a golden opportunity to reap the harvest. Even though he had Mo Yi, Shu Ren and Yerna as cannon fodder to attract the enemy's attention, Sheyan still felt that the situation was fraught with danger!
Therefore, he seized this opportunity to blow up the cliff. He wanted to catch the Stockholm Party by surprise. In such a situation, they would definitely make two choices. First, most of them would go after the two Elven Rings. Second, they would split up and hunt him down due to the aggro of their vice leader being killed. Of course, they would also have the advantage of distance between them and him.
Under these two prerequisites, the threat posed by the Stockholm party to Melody would be weakened. Sheyan would then have to bear the risk that originally belonged to her! Sheyan was fully aware of the dangers involved, but he had no other choice.
Because if he didn't do this, then Reef would have to do it. But without an MT like Reef blocking in front of Melody, Melody wouldn't be able to display even 50% of her strength. That would be disadvantageous to the overall situation.
Amidst the intense and majestic landslide, the earth trembled slightly. Despite the torrential downpour, the rolling rubble stirred up a cloud of dust that seemed to blot out the sun. Without hesitation, Sheyan turned around and fled. How far he could flee at this moment, would directly determine the success or failure of Sheyan's plan, and even his survival or death!
While Sheyan tossed out a curse-mix to slow down the enemy's movement, he suddenly felt a peculiar sensation. His nightmare imprint instantly transmitted a clear notification.
[You are targeted by an unknown target? Growth-Hunter? Black-Iron party ability: 'Hunter's Mark Scan'. If successfully marked, the marked party will clearly sense your position. Furthermore, the damage dealt to you will be increased by 5%. Duration: 30 minutes. Effect has precedence.]
[Unknown target? Growth-Hunter? Black-Iron party ability: 'Hunter's Mark Scan' has been resisted. Your party is of a higher tier, thus suppressing the party ability.]
[Unknown target? Growth-Hunter? Black-Iron party ability: 'Hunter's Mark Scan' has been resisted. Your party is of a higher tier, thus suppressing the party ability.]
"...."
After a series of resistances, Sheyan saw a red notification.
[Unknown target? Growth-Hunter? Black-Iron party ability: 'Hunter's Mark Scan' has been successfully marked. You have become his prey!]
"Prey??" Sheyan's lips curled into a sinister smile. "Very well, if you have the guts, chase after me."
Amidst his intense sprint, every step Sheyan took would cause muddy water to splatter everywhere, leaving behind deep footprints. He didn't even turn his head, because doing so would possibly cause his running speed to drop by a few seconds. After sprinting for less than a kilometre, intense splashes of water could be heard ahead. One could observe that the original mountain stream had already swelled into a murky river. Those shredded trees and leaves were miserably flowing downwards along with the river.
Yet on the river, there was already a wide wooden raft. The wooden raft was extremely strange, it didn't require any vines to bind it, but directly grew together. Although it looked extremely strange, it was completely natural and flawless. Obviously, this was the masterpiece of the elves.
Sheyan nimbly leapt onto the wooden raft, and tore apart the vines with his backhand. Instantly, he was swept downstream by the turbulent river. At this moment, he glanced back and discovered 2-3 contestants had halted their footsteps 200 metres away, cursing and swearing. They probably didn't have anything good to say.
If it were Reef or Brother Black, they would definitely be at a loss for what to do in such a torrential torrent. Yet for Sheyan, who was even brave enough to face a typhoon head-on, controlling a wooden raft in such a torrential torrent was simply as insignificant as a small ditch! What more, a wooden raft crafted with elven magic was extremely sturdy and reliable?
After being swept several kilometres down the river, Sheyan heaved a sigh of relief. His tense body finally relaxed. Yet at this moment, from the crevices of the wooden raft beneath his feet, several streams of water strangely extended out. Those streams of water intertwined together, and instantly transformed into a muddy yellow liquid giant hand. This giant hand abruptly grabbed onto Sheyan, and viciously dragged him! Instantly, Sheyan fell face first to the sky!
Yet more horrifying was, behind the wooden raft, a muddy stream of water shockingly gushed out. In a flash, it congealed into a sharp water spike. If Sheyan were to fall down like this, his heart would undoubtedly be pierced through from behind!
Such a bizarre attack, was truly unexpected to Sheyan. After losing his balance and falling down, he immediately pressed down with his hand, instantly pressing down onto the icicle!
Blood spurted out, as Sheyan's left palm was instantly pierced through with a bowl sized hole. Even the eerie white bones of his palm could be clearly seen. Nevertheless, Sheyan stabilized his balance and evaded the enemy's follow-up attack. (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to come to qidian.com to vote for me. Your support is my biggest motivation.)
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