Chapter 277: a.s.sembly of the Compet.i.tors
Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio
“They’ve arrived.”
After Nightingale spoke, Haruko did not look at him; instead, she simply nodded to the three calmly.
“Hey!” Nightingale laughed coldly while Hunting Tiger remained expressionless.
“This… What’s going on?” Big Pineapple mumbled.
“If I’m not wrong, this is probably the a.s.sembly point for the players with the Special Agent profession change mission,” whispered Phoenix. “As for the objective of this gathering… We’ll have to ask those three over at the pavilion.” She gazed at Nightingale with hostility.
Before meeting up with Feng Luo and Big Pineapple, she had been attacked by a Scout using a dagger at close range. The Scout had messed with her for a while, but she hadn’t even caught a whiff of the opponent even though she’d almost died. It was possible that it had been Nightingale’s test for her.
“Hunting Tiger, why don’t we bet who will be coming next? If you lose, you’ll pay me back double!”
“No more bets,” said Hunting Tiger calmly.
“Looks like you aren’t confident of your team members!” Nightingale laughed coldly as his eyebrow curled upward.
“Oh yeah. Three of them were annihilated in a two-versus-three situation. Adding the one who died this morning, you should only have one left, right!?” As he said this, he again scanned through Feng Luo and Big Pineapple, who had already walked to the side of the pavilion.
Hunting Tiger’s expression did not change. “You only have two left. Moreover, two of them actually died at the hands of the rebel army.”
“Huh!” Nightingale’s expression darkened.
The two of them chatted among themselves and did not pay any attention to Feng Luo and the other two who walked into the pavilion. As for Haruko, after her initial greeting, she just sat beside the fire with the black sakura longsword on her knee as if she were resting.
Feng Luo and Phoenix were both people who were patient, so they did not say anything. Big Pineapple grumbled a little but also did not say anything.
The three of them simply stood beside Haruko. For a while, only the sound of fire crackling could be heard within the pavilion.
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After a minute, two other players reached the top of the hill from another route.
The people who came this time included a Light Armor Warrior and a Wind Manipulator. Although the fire was very bright, it was still very dark. However, with Feng Luo’s enhanced vision, he still managed to recognize the Light Armor Warrior walking in front. He was Number 74—the guy whom he and Big Pineapple had tried to ambush but failed because of Nightingale. However, compared to the Light Armor Warrior, who could have been regarded as an “acquaintance,” the Wind Manipulator who walked further behind was, unexpectedly, a real “acquaintance!” One of the top ten masters of Storm City, the superstar player: September Night Rain!
However, at that moment, September Night Rain’s light green wind elemental robe with golden linings wasn’t very eye-catching under the moonlight. His hair was also stuck to his skin from being drenched in rainwater. His whole temperament seemed somewhat dark and sullen; he no longer had the fake warmth and gentleness that he normally carried.
After reaching the pavilion, he couldn’t help but glance at the three standing beside Haruko. Since Feng Luo was standing across from him, and since it was fairly dark, he did not seem to recognize Feng Luo. However, the Number 74 Light Armor Warrior immediately recognized the unique-looking Big Pineapple.
“Humpf!”
The Light Armor Warrior looked ready for battle, but he did not make any sound. Instead, he and September Night Rain moved to stand beside Nightingale. Clearly, the two of them were the two players left in Nightingale’s team.
After September Night Rain and Number 74 entered the pavilion, another player walked over in the heavy rain from another side of the platform. This was a Scout player wearing black tactical goggles on his head. He held a black dagger that did not glow, as it was covered with a layer of something. His footsteps were light and fast in the heavy rain! Apart from Feng Luo, the other players did not even detect his presence until he was within 10 meters of the pavilion!
“This guy isn’t normal!” Big Pineapple showed a rare sign of vigilance as he stared at the Scout player whose face couldn’t be seen clearly.
“That’s already six… Is everyone here?” asked Phoenix as she looked around.
“No!” Feng Luo’s attention s.h.i.+fted to the Scout player who had reached behind Hunting Tiger but remained in the shadows outside the pavilion, as if his entire body had merged into the night rain. Even Feng Luo had only detected the Scout’s presence after he was within 15 meters of Feng Luo. Although the weather and the environment were partly responsible, and he had already put away his Scout Beetle, it was still enough to prove that the Scout player had extraordinary concealment ability!
However, it was clear that not everyone had arrived, since the three NPC instructors inside the pavilion still did not speak. They were waiting for others.
After half a minute, another person arrived. This time, the one who arrived was a thin and normal-looking “NPC” who wore a fire energy robe and was disguised as a manipulator.
“Not an NPC. He must be Number 37!” exclaimed Phoenix in a whisper after looking at him.
From the conversation between Nightingale and Hunting Tiger, they knew that the remaining people from the two teams had all arrived, so this person could only be from their group.
As for the body and disguise of the NPC, he did not seem like the player who had replaced Number 187, who had been disguised as a female high school student, after Number 187 had chosen to quit. This meant that he must have been Number 37, the player who was ranked second in the Dongsang City ranking, just behind Feng Luo.
As for his false ident.i.ty as an NPC, it was clearly because he had used a disguise chip and a disguise potion! This person did not want to expose his ident.i.ty!
In fact, since Feng Luo had a disguise potion, he had also thought about disguising himself as an NPC after landing on Death Hunter Island. However, he’d later found out that there was no real need to disguise himself as an NPC for this mission, since—regardless of whether it was an NPC or a player—there was only one result if two sides were to encounter each other!
Moreover, the items inside the agent pa.s.scode box needed a lot of kill points to unlock. Based on the principle of putting points where they would really count, Feng Luo had not unlocked any of the agent tools; instead, he’d collected points to unlock his pet bracer. Now that he had extra points, he’d also unlocked two special agent tools, but those didn’t include the consumption-type disguise potion.
“Eh? No wonder I thought he looked familiar earlier…”
However, Number 37’s disguised face reminded Feng Luo of a doubt he had.
Earlier, inside Night Charm’s Bar, he’d thought that Number 37, who had disguised himself as a white-collar person, had familiar-looking eyes. Now that he saw him, he remembered them. This Number 37 was the Fire Manipulator who had first initiated the attack and started the chaotic fight before pulling himself out of the fight completely at the land route point!