Game Transcendence

9: Hunt

9: Hunt
Date Written: October 12, 2019

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Deep into Phantasm Forest gatheref a group of players. Each of them were different guild uniforms. At the back were Kian and his friends.

A fawning expression was on the face of the young man as he tried to please his girlfriend.

"Hehe. Beautiful Alexa, pretty Alexa. Please forgive my wrongs!" He spouted out some cringe-worthy lines just to appease the angry demoness.

The reason she was made was because of yesterday's skirmish in the camp. After they found out that a 'certain young man from the alien race got caught', they quickly showed up and demanded the players to return Kian but when they arrived, they saw that he just got out of certain death and he was even laughing at their sudden appearance.

"Fine. But I'll remember this." Alexa said, a smirk on her lips.

Kian's face fell. He felt as if something was just endangered but he didn't know what it was.

Meanwhile, a man approached Vanish. He shot Kian and the others a look full of distrust before he spoke to the grim faced guy.

"Guild leader. Can we really trust these guys? I mean look at them. They look absolutely suspicious. Especially that Prince Charming look-alike. What a despicable guy..."  The man kept rumbling on and on as he shot a glare to George.

Vanish couldn't help but shook his head at the insecure guy. He climbed atop a boulder to put himself a level above the others and spoke.

"I believe you're already aware of the details of this operation and you came here of your own free will so I'm not going to explain once again. Just give it your all when we see those alien guys. Understand?" Vanish asked.

Vanish received a chorused answer from the people. After that, he shot a glare to Kian who then nodded at him.

Kian released a dark smoke around him and they gathered in different spots, forming black metal spears. There were occasional blur light flashing inside them which was Psyche energy.

He handed them over to Vanish who then distributed them to the others.

"Are there any inquiries?" Vanish asked and after he saw that no one spoke, he turned around and said, "Then let's depart."

He disappeared into the forest. The players followed after him and merged with the thick leaves.

As they journeyed through the thick forest, a lot of beasts and illusions tried to block their way. However, none were able to hurt or slow them down since their levels are all above a hundred already.

Soon, they were finally out of Phantasm Forest. The warm sunlight they haven't seen for days welcomed them. It didn't bring them any relief though but a sense of nervousness instead. After all, they were now visible to the tracking range of the Excelcis.

They didn't waste time and quickly left the area to prevent the alien enemies from approaching Phantasm Forest.

Not long, thet arrived in the nearest town.

The town was mostly in ruins and no trace of the lively atmosphere from before could be seen. They decided to settle down to a relatively intact bar that was quite secluded.

There were exactly fourteen players in the group including Kian and his friend. Currently, six of them were covered in psyche energy aside from Kian and Keiko.

According to plan, they would make their group smaller than what they were from the detection of the Excelcis. Right now, they probably look like there were just six of them.

It didn't take too long before the first batch of prey came.

Just as they were about to doubt if the plan would actually work, three Excelcises barged in with the look of hunters about to catch their prey. To their surprise, an ambush was actually waiting for them.

"Immobilize them!" Vanish commanded.

Multiple skills that carried immobilising effects rained down upon the three alien guys who just realized they had been tricked.

The players didn't delay. After they saw that the trio couldn't move, they immediately took out the black metal spears and directly stabbed.

Receiving multiple attacks coated with Psyche energies together with Kian and Keiko's instantly took out the Excelcises' lives.

Three blue lights appeared and we're about to enter Kian and Keiko's body when psyche energy appeared and covered them.

"Now that's three of them. We still need nine more for everyone. Let's change our locations." Vanish said.

This was part of the plan to make it look like they were escaping right after killing the Excelcises.

The group left the city and entered a forest. Here, they will wait for more enemies to come.

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