novelraw Chapter 188: “Extremely Dangerous, Do Not Attempt Lightly”
Chapter 188: “Extremely Dangerous, Do Not Attempt Lightly”
Ka-cha!
A very strange, muffled sound—there wouldn’t be this much resistance even stabbing into wood!
But—it still went in!
Blood exploded violently, spraying all over his face, and the Player froze for a second.
He did it?!
“Haha, hahaha!” He burst into maniacal laughter like a lunatic, “I did it! I, Luan Feihu, killed Sin! I killed the Strongest Player!”
In that instant, he shouted like he’d lost his mind. He truly hadn’t expected that this strike would actually land.
“As long as you stay alert, as long as you’re careful enough—when the opportunity comes, even the smallest of people can kill those that seem unreachable like gods in the sky!”
Luan Feihu shouted like he was delivering an acceptance speech, cheering for himself.
“Is that so?”Right after, a cold voice came from beside his ear, like a basin of cold water in the depths of winter, chilling him from head to toe.
The “Sin” who’d had his neck pierced, still wearing that Blue Mask, slowly turned his head, staring into his eyes.
“What did you just say?”
“As long as you stay alert, even the smallest person can kill those unreachable figures.”
“Right?”
Luan Feihu’s brain seemed to have stopped functioning. His lips trembled as he stared at the being in front of him, whose throat he had just pierced.
At this moment, the wrist holding his blade was already caught by Lu Ce. Once caught by Lu Ce, it was no different than being welded into an iron wall—completely immobile!
“You’re a... what... monster...?”
“Everyone turns into a monster in the end,” Lu Ce said. “But what you just said—was good. I agree with you.”
The next second, a black blur swept by—a high kick exploded out and smashed into the opponent’s head.
Crack!
The scene looked like a sledgehammer smashing a watermelon.
Lu Ce stood there coldly, watching a headless corpse collapse onto the ground.
“What a shame.”
“He almost succeeded.”
“If he had, would your plans have failed?”
As he spoke, he took out the Dice of Fate and tossed it into the air.
When it landed back in his hand, it showed a precise “1”.
“Sigh.”
Lu Ce was still talking to the sky, muttering to himself, possibly having a mental episode.
In the end, he pulled out a bottle of Advanced Healing Potion and poured it down, and while doing so, yanked the dagger from his neck.
The Chosen’s Game had already turned the impossible into possible.
The neck—a fatal spot—could still be survivable as long as the time window was short, just like with Reno before.
Unless your head was chopped off instantly, nothing was certain.
Waiting for his body to heal, Lu Ce pressed a hand against his mask. The radiance on it seemed to have gone berserk, completely out of control.
“Calm down, calm down, it’s not time yet.”
He spoke softly, as if soothing a child.
“If we’re going to be used, then we’d better maximize our own gains...”
On the Blue Mask, the light shimmered dangerously.
【Blue (KAITO) — Greed! (Can enter Overload Mode at any time)】
He’d already experienced the personality effects and functions of this mask—an old acquaintance from his very first game.
But the overload standard... was extreme.
【Overload Mode: All stats boosted (base ability shared across all masks), enhanced vitality and self-healing.】
【Overload Personality: Peak of Greed. Enjoys chaos and madness. Order is a restriction on profit, so it despises order. Rationality will be suppressed to its lowest limit.】
【Overload Special Ability: Chaos Trigger—wherever you walk, madness follows. Fortunate: when you care about nothing, your luck skyrockets.】
【Warning: Overload Mode is a special kind of “energy.” If the energy is not fully consumed, exiting Overload will be impossible and may result in severe consequences...】
【“Extremely dangerous. Absolutely do not attempt lightly.”】
That was the Overload description for the Greed Mask.
To be honest, even Lu Ce was a little startled when he saw it. To him, these abilities—and side effects—were just too intense.
So intense, he felt lucky he got Greed!
Masks like Wrath? He’d have to be extremely cautious with those.
Since he’d already prepared for Overload from the start, he now had to accelerate the game’s spiral into chaos, to find a release—or else, he wouldn’t be able to bear the constant Overload state.
“Hey.” After calming himself down, Lu Ce stepped over the corpse and walked forward, starting to connect with the Black Knight.
“Hey, it really breaks my heart when you just hang up like that,” the Black Knight answered in his usual tone.
“By the way, are you confident you already know the real answer to this game? Why aren’t you rushing?”
“Not totally sure yet,” Lu Ce replied. “But I’ve more or less figured out the concept of this game. Heh, a real-life game. I’m being used by the game.”
“I just gave someone a small opportunity—but he failed. Didn’t kill me. So I guess, for now, we’ll have to let ourselves be used.”
“Huh?” The Black Knight seemed to not understand at all.
“You don’t need to worry about that. Tell me, done shopping?”
“Almost. Same as usual, though now people’s desire to kill each other has gone down a bit.”
As they chatted, another special message came through in the game feed:
【The thirty-eighth Eliminated Player has been born!】
【Killer — Hunter!】
【Ahhhhhhh! What the...】
Finally, a player’s scream rang out. Clearly something had happened at the moment of death.
“Hmph!”
Lu Ce snorted coldly and looked down. One of the glowing dots suddenly froze.
From past experience, this indicated a Player death. His monitor, it seemed, had nothing else to do.
“This should be the place...”
“Black Knight, you go first. Here’s a coordinate—I’ll follow.”
Then he looked up again, glancing at the night sky.
“I told you—I’m a Hunter. Did you think I was joking?”
“Let’s start the counter-hunt. Give me the mask that’s ready for Overload... time to warm up.”