CHAPTER 63: CHAPTER 63: HOW ARE YOU OKAY?

When the woman in the white turtleneck thought her reaction was fast enough to pull away from Ethan, she didn’t expect that after cutting off the man in the black trench coat’s arm, Ethan would turn without hesitation and swing his blade toward her.

The strike was fast—very fast.

So fast that the woman, who thought she had gotten far enough, didn’t even notice a shallow cut had already appeared on her neck.

Ethan glanced past the woman in the white turtleneck. That last swing of his blade had been aimed at her neck. If nothing unexpected happened, that cut should be enough to take her head off.

But unfortunately, a green light flared on a player standing behind her, and the woman’s backward retreat suddenly sped up.

So Ethan’s long blade only grazed her neck.

As the saying goes, if you want to catch the thieves, seize the leader first. There’s a follow-up rule too: in a team fight, you go for the back line—the people in the rear.

What’s the back line? The ranged attackers, and the supports and healers.

Ethan gripped his long blade. He pretended to keep chasing the woman in the white turtleneck, but his eyes stayed on the player who had just used a support skill.

Only now did the real fight begin.

The man in the black trench coat, whose arm Ethan had already cut off, wore a twisted look. He didn’t scream from the pain. Big beads of sweat rolled down his forehead as he shouted:

"Kill! Kill him! He dared to ambush me—kill him!"

At once, the class-change players behind him started to move.

[Don’t Read This Sentence] didn’t hesitate and went to use his class skill, "Cursed Bind."

[Cursed Bind]: After a brief lock-on, it puts the target under a curse, cutting speed by 30% and randomly causing stun, fear, or sleep for 10 seconds. Cooldown: 3 minutes.

This is his strongest skill. The duration is short, but it’s enough to decide a fight.

In ten seconds, he could walk right up to Ethan and slowly drive his weapon into Ethan’s heart.

He has already killed more than a dozen players with it.

No one has ever survived this skill. And with allies around him now, he just needs [Cursed Bind] to land on [Windchaser] to end this sudden, overconfident fight.

[Don’t Read This Sentence] shouted to the man in the black trench coat, full of confidence: "[19110536], killing [Windchaser] counts as finishing the mission, right? Watch me."

Then he widened his eyes and stared hard at Ethan, trying to lock on completely so [Cursed Bind] would hit.

But to his surprise, Ethan was way too fast!

He had never seen a player this fast. Before, he could lock targets with [Cursed Bind] easily, but now he just couldn’t lock onto Ethan.

The man in the black trench coat—player [19110536]—clutched his severed arm and urged, "Use your class skill!"

"Use it now! What are you waiting for!"

[Don’t Read This Sentence] gritted his teeth and said, "He’s too fast. He must have put all his stat points into speed. He’s probably over 20 speed already."

"Someone has to stall him, make him stop for a moment, then I can fully lock onto him!"

[19110536] shouted to the players who had rushed in, "[Windchaser] is a pure speed type. Don’t fear his attacks. As long as you defend well and don’t let him sneak you, he won’t be able to hurt you!"

"Face him head-on!"

[19110536]’s voice was loud, and soon the others all understood: [Windchaser] had dumped all his points into speed—no wonder he was so fast.

Soon, [19110536]’s people slowed down, planning to team up and take Ethan head-on.

Ethan, however, was very happy with this.

His strength was higher than his speed, after all.

He drove the woman in the white turtleneck back, never giving her any chance to draw a weapon or use items or skills.

When she backed up near her teammates, a big, burly man stepped in front of her, trying to block Ethan’s strike.

But Ethan slipped around them, using his speed advantage to go for the unguarded player who had used a support skill earlier.

As expected, his long blade took off a still-dazed head. Ethan moved to flick the blood off the blade like before, to keep it from running down to his hand and hurting his grip.

But to his surprise, the blood on the [Damaged Blood-Drinking Long Knife] disappeared on its own.

It looked like the [Damaged Blood-Drinking Long Knife] had absorbed it.

Ethan was very pleased with that. Back in the [Berserk Blood Warrior] trial, he’d once been killed by a monster because blood made his weapon slippery.

A calm mind, combat skills learned through many deaths and revivals, and speed and strength far above the other class-change players—these let Ethan, like a reaper, take the head of a second class-change player.

From the first move to killing two class-change players, it took less than fifteen seconds.

The [Basic Potential Boost Potion] lasts only fifty seconds. There are nine class-change players left.

Ethan muttered, "Too slow. I need to be faster."

The [Damaged Blood-Drinking Long Knife] gives an even bigger boost when his HP drops to ten percent.

So his fighting style changed a bit. Instead of avoiding damage, he started taking some hits on purpose if it let him deal greater damage back.

When Ethan got a wound in the belly but still killed another class-change player, the woman in the white turtleneck quickly reset herself, pulled out a spear, and rushed at him in anger.

She was much stronger than the other class-change players around. With their constant interference, Ethan was forced into a brief pause.

[Don’t Read This Sentence] saw this and his eyes lit up. He shouted to [19110536], "This is it!"

"Lock-on complete!"

A streak of black light shot toward Ethan at high speed.

Ethan had been keeping an eye on [Don’t Read This Sentence] the whole time. Before the fight, he had checked info on nearby class-change players, especially special classes like the [Curse Warlock].

The moment the black light landed on him, Ethan slipped a hand behind his back and lightly popped a bubble.

Seeing the black light hit Ethan, [19110536] knew [Don’t Read This Sentence]’s control skill had landed. They just needed to grab the chance and land a killing blow.

[19110536] yelled to his people, "Now! Kill [Windchaser]!"

The woman in the white turtleneck also noticed the shift. She saw Ethan’s evasive move suddenly stop.

Without any hesitation, she dropped her guard and went all in, driving her spear straight at Ethan’s chest.

The woman in the white turtleneck curled her lips into a smile and shouted, "The formula Intel is mine!"

"I win!"

Just as her spear was about to pierce Ethan’s chest, he pivoted on his right foot and used all his speed, slipping past her killing strike.

As the spear brushed the front of his shirt, Ethan thrust his long knife without a second thought.

He felt a clear resistance, and the blade drove into the vital spot in her back.

Without hesitating, he pulled the knife out and quickly turned on the other enemies.

Her white turtleneck was dyed red in an instant. She fell weakly to the ground, and as she watched Ethan take down yet another player, she opened her mouth and forced out a few words:

"You... how are you not affected?"

Of course Ethan was fine. He had used a Blue-quality item, [Purifying Bubble].

[Purifying Bubble]

[Quality]: Blue-quality

[Requirements]: None

[Effect]: When popped, it removes the user’s abnormal statuses, including paralysis, slow, stun, fear, and sleep, and for the next 30 seconds increases the user’s resistance to abnormal statuses.

[Description]: Enjoy a good bubble bath and you’ll feel refreshed.

He picked this item on purpose for this moment.

It not only blocks incoming control, but also lets Ethan trick the enemy by pretending to be controlled, creating a perfect chance to kill.

With the woman in the white turtleneck down, that made four class-change players dead.

The man in the black trench coat had his arm cut off at the start. Even if he could still fight, he wouldn’t be at full strength.

And the [Basic Potential Boost Potion] still had about twenty-five seconds left.