Reign of the Hunters

Chapter 72: Feather fall

As the dust slowly settled, the two could see each other more clearly. They were both using crossbows. If they fired normal attacks at each other, neither would gain the upper hand. But Ye Ci was a Huntress; she had more abilities in her arsenal. Before long, she was able to gain the upper hand.

They hopped from rock to rock. Although he had a lot of Health Potions, the Rogue's weakness was soon exposed: His attack range was shorter than Ye Ci's, and his arsenal did not include the "Fire on the Move" Talent, which meant he would be immobile for 0.5 seconds whenever he fired off a shot.

Ye Ci was quick to discover the Rogue's problem. She smiled coldly and cast a Rapid Fire on the Rogue.

He had only 30% of his hit points left, if one of the arrows fired under the effect of Rapid Fire was a critical hit, the Rogue would've died then and there. Ye Ci pulled the trigger of her crossbow, fwiip, fwiip, fwiip, The bolts sliced through the air with a screeching sound, flying straight and true towards the Rogue.

The Rogue knew that he would not be able to dodge the bolts. He had just fired off a shot and was still immobile. He had lost again.

Before the bolts could hit the Rogue however, several even sharper noises rang out, and the couple of bolts fired by Ye Ci were knocked away by an unknown assailant's bolts.

It happened so quickly that even Ye Ci was unable to react.

Was that a player? If she was here because of the ring, and the Rogue was here because of a quest, who else would venture to this place? Had a level 70 map became a hotspot for level 20 players?

"You're a sorry excuse for a Rogue." Remarked a sarcastic voice. Ye Ci looked in the general direction of the voice, and saw a tall man wearing a cape and holding a jet-black crossbow.

His name and level were unknown to Ye Ci.

However, he was not a player, but an NPC.

Ye Ci almost immediately knew who he was. He must've been the Master Rogue hiding in the Morrow Canyon.

The NPC stared at the Rogue with disgust written all over his face, "Our class' high standards have declined exactly because of Rogues like you."

The hair on Ye Ci's neck immediately stood up, and she sensed a grave danger approaching.

As expected, the NPC raised his crossbow and pointed it at Ye Ci, "Although I hate Rogues who are utter trash, there's nothing more that I hate than the Hunter who brought embarrassment to the Rogue class."

Ye Ci of course, would not just sit and wait for death to come to her. The moment the Master Rogue pull the trigger, she dodged and rolled on the floor, several crossbow bolts barely missing her. Just when she was about to counterattack, she discovered that the name of her assailant was green.

In Fate, if an NPC's name was green, it meant that the NPC was considered friendly. A player could never attack an NPC with a green name. If the NPC's name was yellow, it was neutral. It meant that it would only attack players after being attacked by players. NPC's with red names would actively attack any players they came across.

The Master Rogue that was attacking Ye Ci had a green name.

It meant that Ye Ci could only give up on counterattacking. Her only option was to run away, as she could not even attack the NPC.

"Andy, you can't act so impetuously, it doesn't suit your age." Said a sharp voice just as Ye Ci was having a hard time trying to dodge the bolts.

So the Master Rogue's name was Andy. He lowered the crossbow and shrugged at the owner of that voice. He then laughed, "I went easy on her. Do you think she could really last that long if I didn't?"