"So straightforward," Max comnted as he stopped on the platform. He walked around with Lily, countering the lion's movent. "But it's hard. One of us needs to distract it while the other goes to take the slate. You go, Lily. I need you to be on top first."
"Are you sure?"
"Yeah." He nodded, "Kill so of those onlookers, preferably 3 pairs, before you take the slate. I don't know what happens if you take the slate. This platform might disappear, and we won't be able to use it to our advantage. As soon as you reach the top, I will run down this place and help you kill them all."
"Got it. If the lion can go up, I need to take the slate and use the pole to slide down, right?"
"No, you must forget the slate. Just slide down, and we will think of another strategy later. Give one arrow."
"Here."
"On my mark."
The strategy eting was over with that. Max stopped and took and held the arrow given by Lily. He was prepared to throw it. His hand was pulled back, and he swung it at a fast speed. The arrow flew toward the lion at a fast speed and hit its feet.
"Roaaarrr!" It roared in pain and leaped forward.
"Now!"
As soon as he shouted that, he started to run around the platform, keeping the lion's attention focused on him. He could hear Lily's footsteps getting away from him as she went to the next platform.
The lion, still roaring in pain, followed Max. It was quick and agile, befitting its title as the king of animals.
Max was also agile. He dodged and weaved around the platform, staying just out of reach of the beast's claw. He ducked, dived, and even jumped around just to keep its attention. It was surprisingly easy, as the lion was programd to have a limited attack platform.
"Hahaha, what's wrong, big guy? Get if you can!"
— This guy is dancing with the lion
— Lol his movent is inhuman
— How can he duck like that? The timing!
— This lion has a programd movent, maybe that's why he can dodge them like that
— Just rember its attack pattern and you will be fine
— But guys… This is Breeze's first ti going against this lion
— Heh, he saw through its pattern in one glance. Leap with a claw attack and bite when close. It also made a big leap after a roar
Indeed, the attack pattern was pretty simple because this lion wasn't put in this place to kill players but to stall and scare them. It was still lethal to those who didn't know. But after going against it a few tis, players would be able to pass through it.
'Monsters in rcenary Quest are far harder than this cute lion.' Max thought as he continued dodging.
anwhile, Lily had reached the top of the stairs, at the second platform, and was taking aim at the unfriendly onlookers. Her eyes narrowed dangerously as she knocked an arrow into her bow.
Taking a deep breath, she pulled it as hard as she could and released it. A loud pang rang, followed by the sound of wind getting split. The first shot hit the first guy in the chest, shattering his body and teammate.
She quickly took aim and fired again, taking out another pair.
"Shit! She's shooting at us with an arrow!"
"That little shit! We let them go first, and they actually fired at us!"
"This is our chance. Let's get the slate from other platforms." Experience more content on m v|l e'-
"DoggoBigDungus, let's go."
"Let's not get involved."
Two pairs ran toward the platform where Max and Lily were, while the other three went to the empty platform in the distance. It was just as Max had planned.
Earlier, there were only 5 platforms for 7 pairs. No matter whether they managed to take the slate or not, two teams would definitely be eliminated. With their arrival, the previous 7 beca 8, and the competition beca stricter.
Max's instruction to take at least 3 pairs was to minimize the chance of them getting ganged up by teams. He believed that so of them were rational enough to know the danger of getting sniped by an arrow instead of passing the lion.
'So that's why he wants to take at least 3 pairs. But it seems that I need to take out 4 instead of 3.'
Lily continued to shoot toward the incoming hostiles. The first shot missed, but the second shot managed to graze one of the player's legs, causing him to slow down. She shot another one and took another pair that ran in front of the one she shot in the leg.
Without waiting for him to recover, she quickly sent the fifth arrow flying. However, it missed as the injured player's teammate pulled his friend away. The arrow lodged on the concrete ground with a thud.
At that mont, she realized that she had finished all her arrows. She only had 5 from what she found earlier and couldn't kill them.
Still, she didn't need to worry.
"Good job!"
Max was already on the ground without the enemies noticing as they were too focused to dodge her arrow. He sneaked behind them and stabbed the healthy guy in the back, killing him imdiately.
Seeing what happened in such a short amount of ti made Lily smile. He waved at her and gestured for her to take the slate, which she did.
Once she grabbed it, a set of stairs that led to the ground from the second platform was created. She looked at it in wonder and realized that it was the direct path that was safe from the lion that licked its paw on the first platform.
She quickly went down and t up with Max. When she reached the ground, she raised her hand and high-fived him.
"We did it!"
"Un! We did it!"
— What a fight
— What a massacre
— Fight? If that's a fight, then what I did was a war!
— Childplay as usual
— Heh, this noble won the bet
— As expected, betting on them is the safest
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